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

I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules, you can do pretty well.

I’m awfully sorry for people who are taken in by all of today’s dietary mumbo jumbo. They are not getting any enjoyment out of their food.

...nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should.

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.

I would far prefer to have things happen as they naturally do, such as the mousse refusing to leave the mold, the potatoes sticking to the skillet, the apple charlotte slowly collapsing. One of the secrets of cooking is to learn to correct something if you can, and bear with it if you cannot.

The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.