...no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.

Many of the delicious soups you eat in French homes and little restaurants are made just this way, with a leek-and-potato base to which leftover vegetables or sauces and a few fresh items are added.

My mother was independent. She had grown up in Dalton and Pittsfield, in western Massachusetts, and she was one of the first women drivers in that area.

As you get older, you shouldn't waste time drinking bad wine.

There is nothing nicer than a kitchen really made for a cook. Things that are designed to be used always have an innate beauty.

You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.

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