Was it a sign of Creeping Decrepitude?

I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.

I don't use the word gourmet. The word doesn't mean anything anymore. 'Gourmet' makes it sound like someone is putting sherry wine in the corn-flake casserole.

You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.

People who are not interested in food always seem rather dry and unloving and don't have a real gusto for life.

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.

Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you'll have a marvelous time!