I think every woman should have a blowtorch.

...operational proof...it's all theory until you see for yourself whether or not something works.

I always give my bird a generous butter massage before I put it in the oven. Why? Because I think the chicken likes it -- and, more important, I like to give it.

I love good, fresh food cooked by someone who knows what he's doing.

I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.

Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the kitchen, because cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music.

It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.