Do not be afraid of cooking as your ingredients will know, and misbehave. Enjoy your cooking and the food will behave; moreover it will pass your ple…

- Fergus Henderson

We live in a flat; my wife would be happy if we had a house with stairs. Or a little cottage in the country.

- Fergus Henderson

If you're going to kill the animal it seems only polite to use the whole thing.

- Fergus Henderson

I feel good when I stir something with a spurtle, but I don't make porridge very much in London.

- Fergus Henderson

Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well.

- Fergus Henderson

I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.

- Fergus Henderson

Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.

- Fergus Henderson

Nose-to-tail eating is not a bloodlust, testosterone-fueled offal hunt. It's common sense, and it's all good stuff.

- Fergus Henderson

Do not let the word tripe deter you. Let its soothing charms win you over, and enjoy it as do those who always have!

- Fergus Henderson