I always try to buy just what I need. You get ideas as to what's in season and what's best. I think if you have a preconceived idea before shopping, that makes it difficult. You have to have an open mind.

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

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.

The shellfish thing is very scary. You have to know the people you buy from and exactly where their wholesalers are getting the fish from.

You don’t spring into good cooking naked. You have to have some training. You have to learn how to eat.

I found that the recipes in most - in all - the books I had were really not adequate. They didn't tell you enough... I won't do anything unless I'm told why I'm doing it. So I felt that we needed fuller explanations so that if you followed one of those recipes, it should turn out exactly right.

Tears mess up your makeup.