I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up.

How lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.

Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.

Fat gives things flavor.

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

We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.

I found that the recipes in most - in all - the books I had were really not adequate. They didn't tell you enough... I won't do anything unless I'm told why I'm doing it. So I felt that we needed fuller explanations so that if you followed one of those recipes, it should turn out exactly right.