In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.

I was a Republican until I got to New York and had to live on $18 a week. It was then that I became a Democrat.

It's hard to imagine a civilization without onions; in one form or another their flavor blends into almost everything in the meal except the desert.

Wine is meant to be with food - that's the point of it.

I found that the recipes in most - in all - the books I had were really not adequate. They didn't tell you enough... I won't do anything unless I'm told why I'm doing it. So I felt that we needed fuller explanations so that if you followed one of those recipes, it should turn out exactly right.

I think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of food: fear of eggs, say, or fear of butter. Most doctors feel that you can have a little bit of everything.

The dinner hour is a sacred, happy time when everyone should be together and relaxed.