Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to be tended and nurtured.

It's a shame to be caught up in something that doesn't absolutely make you tremble with joy.

There is nothing worse than grilled vegetables.

A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe.

Never apologize for your cooking.

Food, like the people who eat it, can be stimulated by wine or spirits. And, as with people, it can also be spoiled.

Ye gods! But you're not standing around holding it by the hand all this time. No. [...] [T]he dough takes care of itself. [...] While you cannot speed up the process, you can slow it down at any point by setting the dough in a cooler place [...] then continue where you left off, when you are ready to do so. In other words, you are the boss of that dough.