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.

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.

You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made. Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always.

There is nothing nicer than a kitchen really made for a cook. Things that are designed to be used always have an innate beauty.

You are the butter to my bread,and the breath to my life

You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.

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.