Wine is meant to be with food - that's the point of it.

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

This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!

Wine is meant to be with food - that's the point of it.

The problem for cookery-bookery writers like me is to understand the extent of our readers' experience. I hope have solved that riddle in my books by simply telling everything. The experienced cook will know to skip through the verbiage, but the explanations will be there for those who still need them.

Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.