The Secret Of Good Cooking Is, First,

No Vegetable Exists Which Is Not Better Slightly Undercooked.

Good Cheese Needs Good Companions.

In A House Without A Genuine Kitchen, One Of The Delights Of Growing Up Is Lost.

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.

Good Bread Is The Most Fundamentally Satisfying Of All Foods; And Good Bread With Fresh Butter, The Greatest Of Feasts.