In France, Cooking Is A Serious Art

...the Waiters Carried Themselves With A Quiet Joy, As If Their Entire Mission In Life Was To Make Their Customers Feel Comfortable And Well Tended.

I Found That The Recipes In Most - In All - The Books I Had Were Really Not Adequate. They Didn't Tell You Enough... I Won't Do Anything Unless I'm Told Why I'm Doing It. So I Felt That We Needed Fuller Explanations So That If You Followed One Of Those Recipes, It Should Turn Out Exactly Right.

The Only Real Stumbling Block Is Fear Of Failure. In Cooking You've Got To Have A What-the-hell Attitude.

The Sweetness And Generosity And Politeness And Gentleness And Humanity Of The French Had Shown Me How Lovely Life Can Be If One Takes Time To Be Friendly.

The Shellfish Thing Is Very Scary. You Have To Know The People You Buy From And Exactly Where Their Wholesalers Are Getting The Fish From.