The best way to eat crabs, as everyone knows, is off newspaper at a large table with a large number of people.

There is nothing like soup. It is by nature eccentric: no two are ever alike, unless of course you get your soup in a can.

In this world of uncertainty and woe, one thing remains unchanged: Fresh, canned, pureed, dried, salted, sliced, and served with sugar and cream, or pressed into juice, the tomato is reliable, friendly, and delicious. We would be nothing without it.

It is a fact of life that people give dinner parties, and when they invite you, you have to turn around and invite them back. Often they retaliate by inviting you again, and you must then extend another invitation. Back and forth you go, like Ping-Pong balls, and what you end up with is called social life.

People who like to cook like to talk about food....without one cook giving another cook a tip or two, human life might have died out a long time ago.

When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally.

I do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to beat a plain old baked potato.