I love good, fresh food cooked by someone who knows what he's doing.

I always try to buy just what I need. You get ideas as to what's in season and what's best. I think if you have a preconceived idea before shopping, that makes it difficult. You have to have an open mind.

One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.

It's fun to get together and have something good to eat at least once a day. That's what human life is all about - enjoying things.

Eating is the secret to good cooking.

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.

I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background.