Remember, you are all alone in the kitchen and no one can see you.

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

I would happily die with a bottle of white Burgundy in my mouth.

I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.

Be a fearless cook! Try out new ideas and new recipes, but always buy the freshest and finest ingredients, whatever they may be. Furnish your kitchen with the most solid and workmanlike equipment you can find. Keep your knives ever sharp and - toujours bon appetit!

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

There are only four great arts: music, painting, sculpture, and ornamental pastry- architecture being perhaps the least banal derivative of the latter.