I'd like for people to be able to go to the universities and get a degree in fine arts-gastronomy.

When the war broke out I decided I would be very patriotic. Standing my full height. I presented myself to the Wacs and the to the Waves. And I was rejected - I was an inch too tall.

It's a shame to be caught up in something that doesn't absolutely make you tremble with joy.

Sooner or later the public will forget you; the memory of you will fade. What's important are the individuals you've influenced along the way.

the more experience you have, the more interesting cooking is because you know what can happen to the food. In the beginning you can look at a chicken and it doesn't mean much, but once you have done some cooking you can see in that chicken a parade of things you will be able to create.

We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.

I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background.