It's so tedious writing cookbooks or writing the recipes because I've never been much of a measurer. But to write a book, you have to measure everything.

I have great respect for the past.

We all have that possibility, that potential and that promise of seeing beyond the seeming.

The woman who truly intends to live a good life is already living phenomenally since intent is part of the achievement.

In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons.

Have a purpose to your life: Purpose does not mean having a job...You can have a job and still be unfulfilled.

Food served is always more than just food served. That is to say, it is more than just fuel for the body. Depending upon who has prepared the food and who has served it and with what spirit, it can uplift the - and around the world, in every culture, food is used to flirt, to be coy, a raise in the employment or to search for employment. It can bring warring factions together.