I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate."
I think the inner person is the most important. . . . I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important.
Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.
It's so beautifully arranged on the plate -- you know someone's fingers have been all over it.
"Non cooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, well, so is the ballet."