A person cooking is a person giving. Even the simplest food is a gift.

[On television:] It's made people moronic, it's robbed people of their ability to think. It's done tremendous damage, and every single household that has a small child should take it and throw it out the window.

For the socially timid, the kitchen is the place to be. At least, it is a place to start.

I come from a coffee-loving family, and you can always tell when my sister and I have been around, because both of us collect all the dead coffee from everyone's morning cup, pour it over ice, and drink it. This is a disgusting habit.

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.

It is always wise to make too much potato salad. Even if you are cooking for two, make enough for five. Potato salad improves with age - that is, if you are lucky enough to have any left over.

Lentils are friendly - the Miss Congeniality of the bean world.