I’ve Long Said That If I Were

The Kitchen, Reasonably Enough, Was The Scene Of My First Gastronomic Adventure. I Was On All Fours. I Crawled Into The Vegetable Bin, Settled On A Giant Onion And Ate It, Skin And All. It Must Have Marked Me For Life, For I Have Never Ceased To Love The Hearty Flavor Of Raw Onions.

Like The Theater, Offering Food And Hospitality To People Is A Matter Of Showmanship, And No Matter How Simple The Performance, Unless You Do It Well, With Love And Originality, You Have A Flop On Your Hands.

The Secret Of Good Cooking Is, First, Having A Love Of It… If You’re Convinced That Cooking Is Drudgery, You’re Never Going To Be Good At It, And You Might As Well Warm Up Something Frozen.

If I Had To Narrow My Choice Of Meats Down To One For The Rest Of My Life, I Am Quite Certain That Meat Would Be Pork.

When You Cook, You Never Stop Learning. That's The Fascination Of It All.