It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.

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.

In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal.

Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm sort of a general cook.

You have to do it and do it, until you get it right.

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.