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

Personally, I don't think pure vegetarianism is a healthy lifestyle. I've often wondered to myself: Does a vegetarian look forward to dinner, ever?

I think careful cooking is love, don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give.

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

Never apologize for your cooking.

I think every woman should have a blowtorch.

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