Personally, I don't think pure vegetarianism is a healthy lifestyle. I've often wondered to myself: Does a vegetarian look forward to dinner, ever?

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.

I enjoy cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food I'm cooking.

Good french cooking cannot be produced by a zombie cook.

Cooking well doesn't mean cooking fancy.

Too much trouble,' 'Too expensive,' or 'Who will know the difference' are death knells for good food. ... Cooking is not a particularly difficult art, and the more you cook and learn about cooking, the more sense it makes.

Cooking was taken with such seriousness in France that even ordinary chefs were proud of their profession. That's what appealed to me.