Any disaster is a learning process.
Food like love is a deeply emotional matter.
I don’t think about whether people will remember me or not. I’ve been an ok person. I’ve learned a lot. I’ve taught people a thing or two. That’s what’s important.
If you don’t pick your audience, you’re lost because you’re not really talking to anybody.
If you’re in a good profession, it’s hard to get bored, because you’re never finished – there will always be work you haven’t done.
Wine is meant to be with food – that’s the point of it.
Tears mess up your makeup.
She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous.
There is nothing worse than grilled vegetables.
There are only four great arts: music, painting, sculpture, and ornamental pastry- architecture being perhaps the least banal derivative of the latter.
But I was a pure romantic, and only operating with half my burners turned on.
Was it a sign of Creeping Decrepitude?
We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.
You don’t spring into good cooking naked. You have to have some training. You have to learn how to eat.
The sweetness and generosity and politeness and gentleness and humanity of the French had shown me how lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.
Of course I made many boo-boos. At first this broke my heart, but then I came to understand that learning how to fix one’s mistakes, or live with them, was an important part of becoming a cook.
We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a ‘swallow-life-in-big-gulps’ kind of person.
Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.
I believe in red meat. I often said: red meat and gin.
Sooner or later the public will forget you; the memory of you will fade. What’s important are the individuals you’ve influenced along the way.