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.

Food, like the people who eat it, can be stimulated by wine or spirits. And, as with people, it can also be spoiled.

With enough butter, anything is good

I never feel lonely in the kitchen. Food is very friendly.

I think the inner person is the most important.... I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important.

When the war broke out I decided I would be very patriotic. Standing my full height. I presented myself to the Wacs and the to the Waves. And I was rejected - I was an inch too tall.

Sometimes ... it takes me an entire day to write a recipe, to communicate it correctly. It's really like writing a little short story.