Pro-choice is the only way to be-- because women are human beings, after all, and should be treated as such.

One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.

I’m awfully sorry for people who are taken in by all of today’s dietary mumbo jumbo. They are not getting any enjoyment out of their food.

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.

Cassoulet, that best of bean feasts, is everyday fare for a peasant but ambrosia for a gastronome, though its ideal consumer is a 300-pound blocking back who has been splitting firewood nonstop for the last twelve hours on a subzero day in Manitoba.

Wine is meant to be with food - that's the point of it.

I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.