I think every woman should have a blowtorch.

Freshness is essential. That makes all the difference.

I think the inner person is the most important.... I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important.

In the 1970s we got nouvelle cuisine, in which a lot of the old rules were kicked over. And then we had cuisine minceur, which people mixed up with nouvelle cuisine but was actually fancy diet cooking.

It's simply a very romantic place. Just one look at any of those streets, and you couldn't be anywhere else - it's so beautiful, and there's that location, and the sense of the free spirit. Who couldn't become ravenous in such a place?

People who love to eat are always the best people.

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