I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.
Life itself is the proper binge.
Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you’ll have a marvelous time!
The shellfish thing is very scary. You have to know the people you buy from and exactly where their wholesalers are getting the fish from.
It is the Americans who have managed to crown minced beef as hamburger, and to send it round the world so that even the fussy French have taken to le boeuf hache, le hambourgaire.
In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men’s underwear.
When you flip anything, you really you just have to have the courage of your convictions.
If you’re buying tomatoes pick them up and smell them-they should have a lovely perfume. They need to be kept at fifty degrees or above, particularly during the growing season, because that’s when they develop their flavor.
Being tall is an advantage, especially in business. People will always remember you. And if you’re in a crowd, you’ll always have some clean air to breathe.
How lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.
With enough butter, anything is good.
I love root vegetables: carrots, parsnips, and turnips.
The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It’s doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.
I think every woman should have a blowtorch.
I always give my bird a generous butter massage before I put it in the oven. Why? Because I think the chicken likes it – and, more important, I like to give it.
Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it’s done right. Even a pancake.
You have to do it and do it, until you get it right.
I think careful cooking is love, don’t you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who’s close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give.
My father was in charge of managing the farm.
Never apologize for your cooking.