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.

To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating.

Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you'll have a marvelous time!

Anything that says 'healthy' I say away from... Giving up butter, for instance, means that in about two years you will be covered in dandruff.

Be a fearless cook! Try out new ideas and new recipes, but always buy the freshest and finest ingredients, whatever they may be. Furnish your kitchen with the most solid and workmanlike equipment you can find. Keep your knives ever sharp and - toujours bon appetit!

I never feel lonely in the kitchen. Food is very friendly.

I'm not wild about those twenty-four hour marinades