I think careful cooking is love, don't you?

Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.

My father was in real estate, banking, and land management. As family life, it was very conventional, happy, and comfortable. We weren't wealthy, but we were well-off.

I found that the recipes in most - in all - the books I had were really not adequate. They didn't tell you enough... I won't do anything unless I'm told why I'm doing it. So I felt that we needed fuller explanations so that if you followed one of those recipes, it should turn out exactly right.

You don’t spring into good cooking naked. You have to have some training. You have to learn how to eat.

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

Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?