It's fun to get together and have something good to eat at least once a day. That's what human life is all about - enjoying things.

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.

In my generation, except for a few people who'd gone into banking or nursing or something like that, middle-class women didn't have careers. You were to marry and have children and be a nice mother. You didn't go out and do anything. I found that I got restless.

Too much trouble,' 'Too expensive,' or 'Who will know the difference' are death knells for good food. ... Cooking is not a particularly difficult art, and the more you cook and learn about cooking, the more sense it makes.

I love to teach - that's my role.

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

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.