It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.

Cooking well doesn't mean cooking fancy.

Wine is one of the agreeable and essential ingredients of life

I think careful cooking is love, don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give.

My mother was independent. She had grown up in Dalton and Pittsfield, in western Massachusetts, and she was one of the first women drivers in that area.

I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I always say 'him' rather than 'her.' Maybe it's because of my generation, but I don't like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent male.

If you're afraid of butter, use cream.