I love my kitchen. For Manhattan, I have a rather decent-size kitchen, and it has an opening that gives out to the dining room, which has a window with a view of the city and in the distance the Statue of Liberty.

Making choices that are meaningful to you is the essence of the French woman's secret.

French women eat and serve what's in season, for maximum flavor and value, and know availability does not equal quality.

If you believe you can shed pounds quickly by force of will and deprivation, you will in all likelihood not only regain the ones you lost, but add a few more besides.

I find it so unattractive when women wear sneakers with their business suits. I wear a nice pair of loafers or low-heeled pumps, and that's that.

One does not laugh because one is happy; one is happy because one laughs.

My friends say everything I touch turns to gold. I'll say, 'I've been very lucky.