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

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.

Good french cooking cannot be produced by a zombie cook.

When the war broke out I decided I would be very patriotic. Standing my full height. I presented myself to the Wacs and the to the Waves. And I was rejected - I was an inch too tall.

In the 1960s, you could eat anything you wanted, and of course, people were smoking cigarettes and all kinds of things, and there was no talk about fat and anything like that, and butter and cream were rife. Those were lovely days for gastronomy, I must say.

the more experience you have, the more interesting cooking is because you know what can happen to the food. In the beginning you can look at a chicken and it doesn't mean much, but once you have done some cooking you can see in that chicken a parade of things you will be able to create.

You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love.