Of course I made many boo-boos. At first this broke my heart, but then I came to understand that learning how to fix one's mistakes, or live with them, was an important part of becoming a cook.

You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made. Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always.

You have to do it and do it, until you get it right.

Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

I was a Republican until I got to New York and had to live on $18 a week. It was then that I became a Democrat.

One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.

With enough butter, anything is good