We should enjoy food and have fun. It is one of the simplest and nicest pleasures in life.

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

The American poultry industry had made it possible to grow a fine-looking fryer in record time and sell it at a reasonable price, but no one mentioned that the result usually tasted like the stuffing inside of a teddy bear.

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

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.

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.

Once you have mastered a technique, you barely have to look at a recipe again