Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.

Until I discovered cooking, I was never really interested in anything.

...the waiters carried themselves with a quiet joy, as if their entire mission in life was to make their customers feel comfortable and well tended.

I fell in love with the public, the public fell in love with me, and I tried to keep it that way.

If you're buying tomatoes pick them up and smell them-they should have a lovely perfume. They need to be kept at fifty degrees or above, particularly during the growing season, because that's when they develop their flavor.

Dining with one's friends and beloved family is certainly one of life's primal and most innocent delights, one that is both soul-satisfying and eternal.

Wine is one of the agreeable and essential ingredients of life