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.

You have to do it and do it, until you get it right.

Was it a sign of Creeping Decrepitude?

But I was a pure romantic, and only operating with half my burners turned on.

Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.

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.

I enjoy cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food I'm cooking.