If you are going to flip something, you must have the courage of your convictions.

Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the kitchen, because cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music.

With enough butter, anything is good

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

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.

Dining with one's friends and beloved family is certainly one of life's primal and most innocent delights, one that is both soul-satisfying and eternal.

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?