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

It's simply a very romantic place. Just one look at any of those streets, and you couldn't be anywhere else - it's so beautiful, and there's that location, and the sense of the free spirit. Who couldn't become ravenous in such a place?

If you're buying tomatoes pick them up and smell them-they should have a lovely perfume. They need to be kept at fifty degrees or above, particularly during the growing season, because that's when they develop their flavor.

I love root vegetables: carrots, parsnips, and turnips.

Food like love is a deeply emotional matter.

I'm not wild about those twenty-four hour marinades

Cooking hasn't yet been accepted as the art form it is. It should be on the level with any of the other art forms.