I don't think about whether people will remember me or not. I've been an ok person. I've learned a lot. I've taught people a thing or two. That's what's important.

I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

If you're afraid of butter, use cream.

Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.

I think careful cooking is love, don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give.

Some children like to make castles out of their rice pudding, or faces with raisins for eyes. It is forbidden -- so sternly that, when they grow up, they take a horrid revenge by dying meringues pale blue or baking birthday cakes in the form of horseshoes or lyres or whatnot.

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?