Without Peanuts, It Isn't A Cocktail Party.

Of Course I Made Many Boo-boos. At First This Broke My Heart, But Then I Came To Understand That Learning How To Fix One's Mistakes, Or Live With Them, Was An Important Part Of Becoming A Cook.

You Have To Do It And Do It, Until You Get It Right.

I Never Feel Lonely In The Kitchen. Food Is Very Friendly.

...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.

When I Got To France I Realized I Didn't Know Very Much About Food At All. I'd Never Had A Real Cake. I'd Had Those Cakes From Cake Mixes Or The Ones That Have A Lot Of Baking Powder In Them. A Really Good French Cake Doesn't Have Anything Like That In It - It's All Egg Power.