It's hard to imagine a civilization without onions; in one form or another their flavor blends into almost everything in the meal except the desert.

People who love to eat are always the best people.

...operational proof...it's all theory until you see for yourself whether or not something works.

The problem for cookery-bookery writers like me is to understand the extent of our readers' experience. I hope have solved that riddle in my books by simply telling everything. The experienced cook will know to skip through the verbiage, but the explanations will be there for those who still need them.

You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made. Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always.

Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the kitchen, because cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music.

I'm a beet freak. I put them in the pressure cooker.