There Are Only Four Great Arts: Music,

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.

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.

Wine Is One Of The Agreeable And Essential Ingredients Of Life

Many Of The Delicious Soups You Eat In French Homes And Little Restaurants Are Made Just This Way, With A Leek-and-potato Base To Which Leftover Vegetables Or Sauces And A Few Fresh Items Are Added.

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.