The chemicals in the dishwashing process tend not to be good for saucepans.

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.

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

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

Dont talk to the crazy kids. I longed to shout back that we weren't crazy. I'd mistaken her kid for a ghost, that's all.

Having writers block sucks more than my actual writing. And my writing would be astonishing if I could write how I feel.

The first thing we do let's kill all the lawyers.

I really see myself continuing to design clothes, fragrances.

When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true. But it's not like you think. There was a guy, he had his own circus. His name was Carol Jacobs and he owned it. It was a small thing.

He that makes his bed ill, lies there.

Making a film that is in seven days of one week is not a new idea.

God knows the dreams and desires in your heart; in fact, He gave them to you. He will order your steps and take you where you need to be.

I always say, to have a big dream requires the same effort as having a small dream. Dream big!

The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.