I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules, you can do pretty well.
Noodles are not only amusing but delicious.
The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.
Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.
The main thing is to have a gutsy approach and use your head.
We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a 'swallow-life-in-big-gulps' kind of person.