As we say in the American Institute of Wine and Food, small helpings, no seconds. A little bit of everything. No snacking. And have a good time.

When the war broke out I decided I would be very patriotic. Standing my full height. I presented myself to the Wacs and the to the Waves. And I was rejected - I was an inch too tall.

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

Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to be tended and nurtured.

We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a 'swallow-life-in-big-gulps' kind of person.

Without peanuts, it isn't a cocktail party.

There are reasons, and then there are excuses.