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.

Cooking hasn't yet been accepted as the art form it is. It should be on the level with any of the other art forms.

I love to teach - that's my role.

I think the inner person is the most important.... I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important.

No one's more important than people.

Noodles are not only amusing but delicious.

The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.