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.

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.

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

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

No one's more important than people.

I always try to buy just what I need. You get ideas as to what's in season and what's best. I think if you have a preconceived idea before shopping, that makes it difficult. You have to have an open mind.

Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.