I Think Careful Cooking Is Love, Don't

In My Generation, Except For A Few People Who'd Gone Into Banking Or Nursing Or Something Like That, Middle-class Women Didn't Have Careers. You Were To Marry And Have Children And Be A Nice Mother. You Didn't Go Out And Do Anything. I Found That I Got Restless.

I Would Happily Die With A Bottle Of White Burgundy In My Mouth.

I Have Trouble With Toast. Toast Is Very Difficult. You Have To Watch It All The Time Or It Burns Up.

Noncooks Think It's Silly To Invest Two Hours' Work In Two Minutes' Enjoyment; But If Cooking Is Evanescent, So Is The Ballet.

Cassoulet, That Best Of Bean Feasts, Is Everyday Fare For A Peasant But Ambrosia For A Gastronome, Though Its Ideal Consumer Is A 300-pound Blocking Back Who Has Been Splitting Firewood Nonstop For The Last Twelve Hours On A Subzero Day In Manitoba.