Upon reflection, I decided I had three main weaknesses: I was confused (evidenced by a lack of facts, an inability to coordinate my thoughts, and an inability to verbalize my ideas); I had a lack of confidence, which cause me to back down from forcefully stated positions; and I was overly emotional at the expense of careful, 'scientific' though. I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.

A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe.

To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating.

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

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

Once you have mastered a technique, you barely have to look at a recipe again

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.