Once you have mastered a technique, you barely have to look at a recipe again

I love good, fresh food cooked by someone who knows what he's doing.

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.

Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

I had my first French meal and I never got over it. It was just marvelous. We had oysters and a lovely dry white wine. And then we had one of those lovely scalloped dishes and the lovely, creamery buttery sauce. Then we had a roast duck and I don't know what else.

Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?

Noodles are not only amusing but delicious.