I always give my bird a generous butter massage before I put it in the oven. Why? Because I think the chicken likes it -- and, more important, I like to give it.

In the blood-heat of pursuing the enemy, many people are forgetting what we are fighting for. We are fighting for our hard-won liberty and freedom; for our Constitution and the due processes of our laws; and for the right to differ in ideas, religion and politics. I am convinced that in your zeal to fight against our enemies, you, too, have forgotten what you are fighting for.

Cooking may be a creative art, but it's also a wonderful full-time hobby.

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

Romance is the icing but love is the cake.

Cooking was taken with such seriousness in France that even ordinary chefs were proud of their profession. That's what appealed to me.

Food, like the people who eat it, can be stimulated by wine or spirits. And, as with people, it can also be spoiled.