Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.

There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.

I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's recipe for chicken and barley stew all the time.

Patience is the secret to good food.

It's better to get the nutrients for healthy skin from food, not supplements. Salmon, walnuts, blueberries, spinach... lots of my favorite foods happen to be amazing for skin too.

Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.

Always wear sunscreen and wash your makeup off at night.

My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.

You don't get second chances in the real world.

Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.

The less you do to beautiful food, the better it's going to taste. You don't need to mess with it all the time.

Even Jesus, three days, died. Who is strong doesn't make the strong. (Même Jésus, trois jours, est mort. Qui est fort ne fait le fort)

Although this may be a most difficult thing, if one will do it, it can be done. There is nothing that one should suppose cannot be done.

"Orthodoxy my Lord " said Bishop Warburton in a whisper - "orthodoxy is my doxy - heterodoxy is another man's doxy."

When it's in the slot, give it the lot!

Hair loss is God's way of telling me I'm human.

I would have done anything for him. Maybe that was my sickness.

My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.

May all the stars hang bright above her dwelling, Silent as though they watched the sleeping earth!

Loud-dressing men and women have also loud characters.