Good french cooking cannot be produced by a zombie cook.

Without peanuts, it isn't a cocktail party.

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

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.

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.

Remember, you are all alone in the kitchen and no one can see you.

I don't use the word gourmet. The word doesn't mean anything anymore. 'Gourmet' makes it sound like someone is putting sherry wine in the corn-flake casserole.