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

In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal.

Noodles are not only amusing but delicious.

You have to do it and do it, until you get it right.

The shellfish thing is very scary. You have to know the people you buy from and exactly where their wholesalers are getting the fish from.

I wouldn't keep him around long if I didn't feed him well.

Cooking is one failure after another, and that's how you finally learn.