Sooner or later the public will forget you; the memory of you will fade. What's important are the individuals you've influenced along the way.

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.

If you're buying tomatoes pick them up and smell them-they should have a lovely perfume. They need to be kept at fifty degrees or above, particularly during the growing season, because that's when they develop their flavor.

Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe.

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.

I wouldn't keep him around long if I didn't feed him well.