The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.

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 think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of food: fear of eggs, say, or fear of butter. Most doctors feel that you can have a little bit of everything.

The more you know, the more you can create. There's no end to imagination in the kitchen.

Sooner or later the public will forget you; the memory of you will fade. What's important are the individuals you've influenced along the way.

You have to eat to cook. You can't be a good cook and be a noneater. I think eating is the secret to good cooking.

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