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

But I was a pure romantic, and only operating with half my burners turned on.

My father was in charge of managing the farm.

The dinner hour is a sacred, happy time when everyone should be together and relaxed.

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

I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country.

When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake. I'd had those cakes from cake mixes or the ones that have a lot of baking powder in them. A really good French cake doesn't have anything like that in it - it's all egg power.