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

I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up.

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.

Dining with one's friends and beloved family is certainly one of life's primal and most innocent delights, one that is both soul-satisfying and eternal.

I don't use the word gourmet. The word doesn't mean anything anymore. 'Gourmet' makes it sound like someone is putting sherry wine in the corn-flake casserole.

I love to teach - that's my role.

Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.