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.

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

I think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of food: fear of eggs, say, or fear of butter. Most doctors feel that you can have a little bit of everything.

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.

Cooking hasn't yet been accepted as the art form it is. It should be on the level with any of the other art forms.

When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake. I'd had those cakes from cake mixes or the ones that have a lot of baking powder in them. A really good French cake doesn't have anything like that in it - it's all egg power.

A party without cake is really just a meeting.