Just like becoming an expert in wine–you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford–you learn about great food by finding the best there is, whether simply or luxurious. The you savor it, analyze it, and discuss it with your companions, and you compare it with other experiences.

You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.

I believe in red meat. I often said: red meat and gin.

To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating.

You don’t spring into good cooking naked. You have to have some training. You have to learn how to eat.

I had my first French meal and I never got over it. It was just marvelous. We had oysters and a lovely dry white wine. And then we had one of those lovely scalloped dishes and the lovely, creamery buttery sauce. Then we had a roast duck and I don't know what else.

I never feel lonely in the kitchen. Food is very friendly.