But all that being said about modulation, if you're serving people delicious food, they won't complain.

Confit is the ultimate comfort food, and trendy or not, it is dazzling stuff.

Using lots of fresh foods, fruits and vegetables, helps to keep the menu buoyant - I don't know if that's the right word, but it keeps a balance of freshness and health.

I also think it's very important to consider how the food will feel to the person eating it.

To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment.

Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.

I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.

I'm a serious eater and a seriously hungry person, so I set out on that path to figure it out for myself, and of course it really resonated with other people.

A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them.

You don't have to stick with these recipes. They're guides. As I say, they're a way in. Have fun with them. It's an easier way to cook in a busy life, once you get the hang of it.

I was aiming for the cooks that I've talked to by teaching an online course and by traveling, listening to people who are really busy and harried but want to be cooking.

Through knowledge we gain power over our lives. With options we have possibility. With acceptance we find a new freedom.

I am a woman with wings, ' I once wrote and will revise these words again. 'I am a woman with wings dancing with other women with wings.' In a voiced community, we all flourish.

A little caring, a little love, and a little kindness can give you joy and bring enduring happiness.

There can be no spirituality, according to the Sufi masters, without psychology, psychological insight and sociological balance.

Oh, that boy is in so much trouble.' Exie screeches out of the parking lot as if Jerran can hear her.

Being in good physical shape is the best way to combat depression. You just have endorphins running around your body. It is the best anti-depressive that there is.

No: war material is life-saving for one's own people and whoever works and performs in these spheres can be proud of it; here enterprise as a whole finds its highest justification of existence.

The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.

He that searches for praise will often find contempt.

Error indeed has often prevailed by the assistance of power or force. Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error.