It's so important that you don't put the stuffing in the bird, where in order for the stuffing to get cooked you have to overcook the turkey. It's be….

My favorite fall or winter lunch is big steaming bowls of soup. I usually invite people for around 12:30 and have two hearty soups like shrimp corn c….

If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken..

Food is not about impressing people. It's about making them feel comfortable..

I think the best shortcut is to choose really simple recipes. Because I think you can make simple recipes that are as delicious as complicated ones..

I time everything. I'm a scientist at heart..

Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good..

The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It's a lot of work!.

You can get bogged down in a recipe that's got a lot of steps and a million ingredients, and it takes all day to make. And then you realize, you've j….

People have more fun if they don't eat so much they have to be taken home in an ambulance..

The most important thing for having a party is that the hostess is having fun. I'm very organized. I make a plan for absolutely everything. I never h….

Never let 'em see you sweat. Guests feel guilty if they think you've worked too hard to make dinner for them - which of course you have!.

The thing about all my food is that everything is a remembered flavor. Maybe it's something I had as a child or maybe it's something I had in Milan, ….

If it's a cocktail party, I generally make five or six different things, and I try to choose recipes that feel like a meal: a chicken thing, a fish o….

The dirty little secret is that I grew up in a household where there were no carbohydrates allowed, ever. No cookies, no bread, no potatoes, no rice.….

I worked for the Office of Management and Budget in the White House, on nuclear energy policy. But I decided it would be much more fun to have a spec….

Fun is the most important. If you do stuff for money, it never works out..

Anyone who tries to make brownies without butter should be arrested..

I love to take something ordinary and make it really special..

I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties..

When I wrote 'Barefoot in Paris,' I wanted to make simple recipes that you could make at home that tasted like French classics..