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.

I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up.

I think every woman should have a blowtorch.

There is nothing nicer than a kitchen really made for a cook. Things that are designed to be used always have an innate beauty.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking... doesn't mean it has to be fancy cooking, although it can be as elaborate as you wish.

We ought to enjoy our food, we ought to take time and care and prepare it correctly, and we ought to have fun doing it and make it a communal event.

It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.