A Party Without Cake Is Really Just

You Don’t Spring Into Good Cooking Naked. You Have To Have Some Training. You Have To Learn How To Eat.

Always Start Out With A Larger Pot Than What You Think You Need.

Ye Gods! But You're Not Standing Around Holding It By The Hand All This Time. No. [...] [t]he Dough Takes Care Of Itself. [...] While You Cannot Speed Up The Process, You Can Slow It Down At Any Point By Setting The Dough In A Cooler Place [...] Then Continue Where You Left Off, When You Are Ready To Do So. In Other Words, You Are The Boss Of That Dough.

There Are Reasons, And Then There Are Excuses.

There Are Only Four Great Arts: Music, Painting, Sculpture, And Ornamental Pastry- Architecture Being Perhaps The Least Banal Derivative Of The Latter.