Any disaster is a learning process.

People who are not interested in food always seem rather dry and unloving and don't have a real gusto for life.

Any disaster is a learning process.

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

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.

Was it a sign of Creeping Decrepitude?

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.