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

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 fell in love with the public, the public fell in love with me, and I tried to keep it that way.

You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.

Cooking may be a creative art, but it's also a wonderful full-time hobby.

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

Wine is a living liquid containing no preservatives. Its life cycle comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death. When not treated with reasonable respect it will sicken and die.