Sometimes...we don't want to feel like a postmodern, postfeminist, overstretched woman but, rather, a domestic goddess, trailing nutmeggy fumes of baking pie in our languorous wake.

I am not a chef. I am not even a trained or professional cook. My qualification is as an eater.

You could probably get through life without knowing how to roast a chicken, but the question is, would you want to?

I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.

You cannot truly say you live well unless you eat well.

Sometimes it's good just to be seduced by the particular cheeses spread out in front of you on a cheese counter.

I am always surprised when people read double entendres into my innocuous babble.

I don't believe in low-fat cooking.

I don't believe you can ever really cook unless you love eating.

I never taste the wine first in restaurants, I just ask the waiter to pour.

Cooking is actually quite aggressive and controlling and sometimes, yes, there is an element of force-feeding going on.

Every girl's beauty, whether it's inside or outside is a masterpiece.

I think the best partner you can have is someone who makes you want to be the best form of yourself.

I didn't set out to be unusual or different. I just wanted to do things my way.

The thickness of the walls should be sufficient for two armed men to pass each other with ease.

You don't have to be crazy to be a writer, but it certainly does help

You have peace," the old woman said, "when you make it with yourself.

Be mindful of clickbait - sensational stories designed to humiliate. Click with compassion.

I took up violin because my best mate had taken it up, so I did likewise.

It is not my business to think about myself. My business is to think about God. It is for God to think about me.

You fear them because you fear death, and rightly: for death is terrible and must be feared,' the mage said...'And life is also a terrible thing,' Ged said, 'and must be feared and praised.