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.

Cooking well doesn't mean cooking fancy.

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.

Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need.

The problem for cookery-bookery writers like me is to understand the extent of our readers' experience. I hope have solved that riddle in my books by simply telling everything. The experienced cook will know to skip through the verbiage, but the explanations will be there for those who still need them.

No matter what happens in the kitchen, never apologize.

Eating is the secret to good cooking.