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

There is nothing nicer than a kitchen really made for a cook. Things that are designed to be used always have an innate beauty.

I enjoy cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food I'm cooking.

You have to eat to cook. You can't be a good cook and be a noneater. I think eating is the secret to good cooking.

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

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.

I think careful cooking is love, don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give.