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.

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

Any disaster is a learning process.

If you're in a good profession, it's hard to get bored, because you're never finished - there will always be work you haven't done.

I always give my bird a generous butter massage before I put it in the oven. Why? Because I think the chicken likes it -- and, more important, I like to give it.

Learn how to cook! That's the way to save money. You don't save it buying hamburger helpers, and prepared foods; you save it by buying fresh foods in season or in large supply, when they are cheapest and usually best, and you prepare them from scratch at home. Why pay for someone else's work, when if you know how to do it, you can save all that money for yourself?

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