If you're in a good profession, it's hard to get bored, because you're never finished - there will always be work you haven't done.

The tomato hides its griefs. Internal damage is hard to spot.

Wine is meant to be with food - that's the point of it.

...no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.

I always try to buy just what I need. You get ideas as to what's in season and what's best. I think if you have a preconceived idea before shopping, that makes it difficult. You have to have an open mind.

My father was in real estate, banking, and land management. As family life, it was very conventional, happy, and comfortable. We weren't wealthy, but we were well-off.

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