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.

As we say in the American Institute of Wine and Food, small helpings, no seconds. A little bit of everything. No snacking. And have a good time.

With enough butter, anything is good

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

A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe.

But I was a pure romantic, and only operating with half my burners turned on.

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