I Wanted To Learn Everything I Could

You Don't Know When Inspiration Is Going To Come. But You Have To Be Aware Of What's Going On Around You, So That At Any Moment, When Inspiration Happens, You're Ready For It And You Interpret It.

I Can Make Dough In A Machine Faster Than I Can Make It By Hand, But I Want To Make It By Hand, Because I Want To Remember The Way It Feels. It's So Important For Me To Make It By Hand - Whether It's A Pasta Dough Or A Pâte Brisée. You Become Involved In It. You Become Personal With It. For Me It's Such A Wonderful Way To Get Satisfaction And Gratification When I'm Cooking.

Some Of The Recipes In The Book Have Evolved For Us. Many Haven't.

The Law Of Diminishing Returns Is Something I Really Believe In.

Repetition Is The Mother Of Perfection. If There Is True Perfection, It's About Doing Something Over And Over Again. I Truly Think That If Somebody Does A Recipe They've Never Done Before And Gets It Right, They're Probably More Lucky Than They Are Talented.