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

I'm very much for making everything safe. The more natural the means we use to raise our vegetables and get rid of bugs, the better.

I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country.

I was a romantic, messy thinker. I was raised with very conservative beliefs, but that was a long time ago.

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.

I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.

I'm not wild about those twenty-four hour marinades