Noodles are not only amusing but delicious.

No one's more important than people.

It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.

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

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.

If you're in a good profession, it's hard to get bored, because you're never finished - there will always be work you haven't done.

Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.