the more experience you have, the more interesting cooking is because you know what can happen to the food. In the beginning you can look at a chicken and it doesn't mean much, but once you have done some cooking you can see in that chicken a parade of things you will be able to create.

In my generation, except for a few people who'd gone into banking or nursing or something like that, middle-class women didn't have careers. You were to marry and have children and be a nice mother. You didn't go out and do anything. I found that I got restless.

Be a fearless cook! Try out new ideas and new recipes, but always buy the freshest and finest ingredients, whatever they may be. Furnish your kitchen with the most solid and workmanlike equipment you can find. Keep your knives ever sharp and - toujours bon appetit!

No matter what happens in the kitchen, never apologize.

The more you know, the more you can create. There's no end to imagination in the kitchen.

As you get older, you shouldn't waste time drinking bad wine.

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