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

Just how could a nation often be great if it's bread tastes want Kleenex.

We ought to enjoy our food, we ought to take time and care and prepare it correctly, and we ought to have fun doing it and make it a communal event.

I believe in red meat. I often said: red meat and gin.

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

The sweetness and generosity and politeness and gentleness and humanity of the French had shown me how lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.

...nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should.