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.

With enough butter, anything is good

The main thing is to have a gutsy approach and use your head.

I think careful cooking is love, don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give.

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

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.

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