Giving information that will help everybody live better. That's a teacher's dream - to accumulate information and disperse it in a form that allows people to choose the way they're going to use it. That's what I think I do best.

I don't even like firing people. I don't think I've ever said, 'You're fired' to anybody.

Larousse has a place of honor on every cookbook shelf in America.

As with all my new pets, I gently bit each kitten on the face. This is how I let my animals know that I am now their mother.

I have a microphone on one ankle and an ankle bracelet on the other, so I'm well balanced today.

I have set a standard, and I'm going to stick to the standard. I may have been able to grow faster and maybe my business could have been bigger, but because I really feel very serious about my subject, I really want to be hands-on.

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman.