You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.

There is nothing worse than grilled vegetables.

Food, like the people who eat it, can be stimulated by wine or spirits. And, as with people, it can also be spoiled.

It's a shame to be caught up in something that doesn't absolutely make you tremble with joy.

When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake. I'd had those cakes from cake mixes or the ones that have a lot of baking powder in them. A really good French cake doesn't have anything like that in it - it's all egg power.

If you're in a good profession, it's hard to get bored, because you're never finished - there will always be work you haven't done.

You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made. Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always.