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

Tears mess up your makeup.

As we say in the American Institute of Wine and Food, small helpings, no seconds. A little bit of everything. No snacking. And have a good time.

I think every woman should have a blowtorch.

I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country.

To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating.

I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up.