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.

She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous.

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.

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.

In my generation, except for a few people who'd gone into banking or nursing or something like that, middle-class women didn't have careers. You were to marry and have children and be a nice mother. You didn't go out and do anything. I found that I got restless.

In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.

Many of the delicious soups you eat in French homes and little restaurants are made just this way, with a leek-and-potato base to which leftover vegetables or sauces and a few fresh items are added.