My father was in charge of managing the farm.

The more you know, the more you can create. There's no end to imagination in the kitchen.

I think every woman should have a blowtorch.

People were hysterical about Communism the way people today are hysterical about flag burning. I'm really against these people who try to show that they're great patriots, because they're not thinking, they're just being hysterical.

A house without a cat is like a day without sunshine, a pie without fromage, a dinner without wine.

To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating.

Of course I made many boo-boos. At first this broke my heart, but then I came to understand that learning how to fix one's mistakes, or live with them, was an important part of becoming a cook.