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

There is nothing worse than grilled vegetables.

As you get older, you shouldn't waste time drinking bad wine.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking... doesn't mean it has to be fancy cooking, although it can be as elaborate as you wish.

Fake food -- I mean those patented substances chemically flavored and mechanically bulked out to kill the appetite and deceive the gut -- is unnatural, almost immoral, a bane to good eating and good cooking.

A party without cake is really just a meeting.

I would happily die with a bottle of white Burgundy in my mouth.