I think every woman should have a blowtorch.

We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a 'swallow-life-in-big-gulps' kind of person.

Some children like to make castles out of their rice pudding, or faces with raisins for eyes. It is forbidden -- so sternly that, when they grow up, they take a horrid revenge by dying meringues pale blue or baking birthday cakes in the form of horseshoes or lyres or whatnot.

I love root vegetables: carrots, parsnips, and turnips.

I believe in red meat. I often said: red meat and gin.

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.

With enough butter, anything is good