I Don't Use The Word Gourmet. The

Good French Cooking Cannot Be Produced By A Zombie Cook.

Wine Is Meant To Be With Food - That's The Point Of It.

Just Speak Very Loudly And Quickly, And State Your Position With Utter Conviction, As The French Do, And You'll Have A Marvelous Time!

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.

In The 1970s We Got Nouvelle Cuisine, In Which A Lot Of The Old Rules Were Kicked Over. And Then We Had Cuisine Minceur, Which People Mixed Up With Nouvelle Cuisine But Was Actually Fancy Diet Cooking.