It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.

To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating.

Just like becoming an expert in wine–you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford–you learn about great food by finding the best there is, whether simply or luxurious. The you savor it, analyze it, and discuss it with your companions, and you compare it with other experiences.

I'm a beet freak. I put them in the pressure cooker.

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.

Any disaster is a learning process.

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.