Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.

As you get older, you shouldn't waste time drinking bad wine.

My mother was independent. She had grown up in Dalton and Pittsfield, in western Massachusetts, and she was one of the first women drivers in that area.

When you flip anything, you really you just have to have the courage of your convictions.

Fine #‎ wine is a living liquid ... Its life comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death.

Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.

Forget the cheap white wine: go to beef and gin!