The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

I would far prefer to have things happen as they naturally do, such as the mousse refusing to leave the mold, the potatoes sticking to the skillet, the apple charlotte slowly collapsing. One of the secrets of cooking is to learn to correct something if you can, and bear with it if you cannot.

How can a nation be called great if its bread tastes like kleenex?

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

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.

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

I think every woman should have a blowtorch.