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.

...the waiters carried themselves with a quiet joy, as if their entire mission in life was to make their customers feel comfortable and well tended.

You don’t spring into good cooking naked. You have to have some training. You have to learn how to eat.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking... doesn't mean it has to be fancy cooking, although it can be as elaborate as you wish.

Many of the delicious soups you eat in French homes and little restaurants are made just this way, with a leek-and-potato base to which leftover vegetables or sauces and a few fresh items are added.

I was a romantic, messy thinker. I was raised with very conservative beliefs, but that was a long time ago.

I love to teach - that's my role.