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

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

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

Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.

The dinner hour is a sacred, happy time when everyone should be together and relaxed.

I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I always say 'him' rather than 'her.' Maybe it's because of my generation, but I don't like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent male.

I’m awfully sorry for people who are taken in by all of today’s dietary mumbo jumbo. They are not getting any enjoyment out of their food.