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.

Eating is the secret to good cooking.

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 found that the recipes in most - in all - the books I had were really not adequate. They didn't tell you enough... I won't do anything unless I'm told why I'm doing it. So I felt that we needed fuller explanations so that if you followed one of those recipes, it should turn out exactly right.

No matter what happens in the kitchen, never apologize.

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

Fat gives things flavor.