I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make.... Usually one's cooking is better than one thinks it is. And if the food is truly vile...then the cook must simply grit her teeth and bear it with a smile.

I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up.

Life itself is the proper binge.

Cooking is one failure after another, and that's how you finally learn.

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

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.

Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm sort of a general cook.