The main thing is to have a gutsy approach and use your head.
We are so bemused by our own petard, that we are unable to look at things objectively.
Never apologize for your cooking.
Forget the cheap white wine: go to beef and gin!
I was a romantic, messy thinker. I was raised with very conservative beliefs, but that was a long time ago.
Until I discovered cooking, I was never really interested in anything.