I drank more wine when I wasn't working as much, to be honest.

I think that you’ve got to make something that pleases you and hope that other people feel the same way.

I wanted to write about what we were doing at the French Laundry, the recipes and the stories.

A cookbook must have recipes, but it shouldn't be a blueprint. It should be more inspirational; it should be a guide.

I think every young cook wants to write a book.

Cooking is not about convenience and it's not about shortcuts. Our hunger for the twenty-minute gourmet meal, for one-pot ease and prewashed, precut ingredients has severed our lifeline to the satisfactions of cooking. Take your time. Take a long time. Move slowly and deliberately and with great attention.

Good food is a good trend.