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.

the more experience you have, the more interesting cooking is because you know what can happen to the food. In the beginning you can look at a chicken and it doesn't mean much, but once you have done some cooking you can see in that chicken a parade of things you will be able to create.

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.

Good french cooking cannot be produced by a zombie cook.

There is nothing nicer than a kitchen really made for a cook. Things that are designed to be used always have an innate beauty.

Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm sort of a general cook.

One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.