Anything that says 'healthy' I say away from... Giving up butter, for instance, means that in about two years you will be covered in dandruff.

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.

I believe in red meat. I often said: red meat and gin.

Cooking may be a creative art, but it's also a wonderful full-time hobby.

One of the secrets, and pleasures, of cooking is to learn to correct something if it goes awry; and one of the lessons is to grin and bear it if it cannot be fixed.

If you are going to flip something, you must have the courage of your convictions.

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