In France, Cooking Is A Serious Art

A Party Without Cake Is Really Just A Meeting.

Life Itself Is The Proper Binge.

I Would Far Prefer To Have Things Happen As They Naturally Do, Such As The Mousse Refusing To Leave The Mold, The Potatoes Sticking To The Skillet, The Apple Charlotte Slowly Collapsing. One Of The Secrets Of Cooking Is To Learn To Correct Something If You Can, And Bear With It If You Cannot.

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.

The Dinner Hour Is A Sacred, Happy Time When Everyone Should Be Together And Relaxed.