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.

A house without a cat is like a day without sunshine, a pie without fromage, a dinner without wine.

I think the inner person is the most important.... I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important.

It's fun to get together and have something good to eat at least once a day. That's what human life is all about - enjoying things.

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

People were hysterical about Communism the way people today are hysterical about flag burning. I'm really against these people who try to show that they're great patriots, because they're not thinking, they're just being hysterical.

I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make.... Usually one's cooking is better than one thinks it is. And if the food is truly vile...then the cook must simply grit her teeth and bear it with a smile.