I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules, you can do pretty well.

Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need.

She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous.

If you're buying tomatoes pick them up and smell them-they should have a lovely perfume. They need to be kept at fifty degrees or above, particularly during the growing season, because that's when they develop their flavor.

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

I'd like for people to be able to go to the universities and get a degree in fine arts-gastronomy.

But I was a pure romantic, and only operating with half my burners turned on.