Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters.

Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.

Memories are fallible and a timer can save a lot of hard work from going out of the window

A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not your fault - you need to have your oven checked.

The thing I can't resist is a pork pie. That's my idea of a lovely treat.

A hen's egg is, quite simply, a work of art, a masterpiece of design and construction with, it has to be said, brilliant packaging!

A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight

If I was a Mayor, I would sort the traffic out and that includes public transport. The traffic jams really get on my nerves.

I sometimes think the chef end of cooking is not the real end of cooking. Cooking is all about homes and gardens, it doesn't happen in restaurants

Good kitchen equipment is expensive, but most items last a lifetime and will pay for themselves over and over again

I found in my whole career the best thing that can happen to you is that you hear what people want.

Hearing the missionary call has a great deal to do with what you are listening for.

There is always room and occasion enough for a true book on any subject; as there is room for more light the brightest day and more rays will not interfere with the first.

I believe L. Ron Hubbard resolved the human mind, and in resolving it he has also resolved human pain - that's what I really think has happened here.

We can't control what other people do and how they treat us, but we can control our response to them.

When people help me out, even with something like a move or a ride to the airport, I'm always thinking "Are you sure it's okay? Are you sure you don't mind?"

I used to stand outside the theater knowing the truant officer was looking for me. I would stand there 'til someone came along and then ask them to buy my ticket.

We must see to it that enthusiasm for the future does not give rise to contempt for the past.

I used to think that having lots of friends meant that you were happy. That's really not true. Having the right friends means that you're happy.

The rich get richer. Not only because they have surpluses with which to invest, but because of the overriding emotional release they experience from having wealth.

Questioning the ostensibly unquestionable premises of our way of life is arguably the most urgent of services we owe our fellow humans and ourselves.