Summer cooking implies a sense of immediacy, a capacity to capture the essence of the fleeting moment.

Every day holds the possibility of a miracle.

To eat figs off the tree in the very early morning, when they have been barely touched by the sun, is one of the exquisite pleasures of the Mediterranean.

Good food is always a trouble and its preparation should be regarded as a labour of love.

Provence is a country to which I am always returning, next week, next year, any day now, as soon as I can get on a train.

Even more then long hours in the kitchen, fine meals require ingenious organization and experience which is a pleasure to acquire.

I don't copy recipes without trying them out. I don't reprint without trying them again.

Writing doesn't come easily to me. It gets more and more difficult.

It is a very great mistake to suppose, as a few English cooks still do, that spaghetti and macaroni should be soaked in water before cooking.

I'm very interested in my new kitchen equipment shop. I've started it with two friends.

I would probably never have learned to cook.

We can only teach what we have learned

In this world, there is nothing that is right. Anything that people raise objection to, is wrong. Do people raise objection in every matter?

Is there any pleasure on earth as great as the circle of Christian friends by a good fire?

[T]he man who meditates is a depraved animal.

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.

I never thought I was a libertarian until I picked up Reason magazine and realized I agree with everything they had printed.

Dress for yourself and the man you love (if there is one). Women dressing to impress other women--forget about that. Forget about that. It's a very bad way of thinking.

If the way they make the show makes it fresh, then it's worthwhile. I think all of these forms have to be blown up every now and then and start again.

Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician.