Good French Cooking Cannot Be Produced By

Food Like Love Is A Deeply Emotional Matter.

Cooking Was Taken With Such Seriousness In France That Even Ordinary Chefs Were Proud Of Their Profession. That's What Appealed To Me.

A House Without A Cat Is Like A Day Without Sunshine, A Pie Without Fromage, A Dinner Without Wine.

I Would Far Prefer To Have Things Happen As They Naturally Do, Such As The Mousse Refusing To Leave The Mold, The Potatoes Sticking To The Skillet, The Apple Charlotte Slowly Collapsing. One Of The Secrets Of Cooking Is To Learn To Correct Something If You Can, And Bear With It If You Cannot.

Forget The Cheap White Wine: Go To Beef And Gin!