Fat gives things flavor.

the more experience you have, the more interesting cooking is because you know what can happen to the food. In the beginning you can look at a chicken and it doesn't mean much, but once you have done some cooking you can see in that chicken a parade of things you will be able to create.

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.

I'm a beet freak. I put them in the pressure cooker.

I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules, you can do pretty well.

Pro-choice is the only way to be-- because women are human beings, after all, and should be treated as such.

If you are going to flip something, you must have the courage of your convictions.