I’m going to break one of the rules of the trade here. I’m going to tell you some of the secrets of improvisation. Just remember—it’s always a good i….

There is absolutely no substitute for the best. Good food cannot be made of inferior ingredients masked with high flavor. It is true thrift to use th….

I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find..

Good bread and good butter go together. They are one of the perfect marriages in gastronomy, and they never fail to cheer me..

Be simple. Be honest. Don't overcook and don't undercook, but it's better to undercook than overcook..

If I had to narrow my choice of meats down to one for the rest of my life, I am quite certain that meat would be pork..

Good cheese needs good companions..

Like the theater, offering food and hospitality to people is a matter of showmanship, and no matter how simple the performance, unless you do it well….

It is true thrift to use the best ingredients available and to waste nothing..

No vegetable exists which is not better slightly undercooked..

Grilling, broiling, barbecuing - whatever you want to call it - is an art, not just a matter of building a pyre and throwing on a piece of meat as a ….

I am so happy to see more and more people in this country are becoming addicted to cheese..

What comforted me? That is easy. It was a strong cold chicken jelly so very, very thick. My mother's Chinese cook would fix it. He would cook it down….

I’ve long said that if I were about to be executed and were given a choice of my last meal, it would be bacon and eggs..

When I walk into a market I may see a different cut of meat or an unusual vegetable and think, ‘I wonder how it would be if I took the recipe for tha….