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My two rules of cooking: keep it fresh and keep it simple.

Christmas is a time of little time._x000D__x000D_How we get there is a mystery._x000D__x000D_Racing madly mall-to-mall, we climb_x000D__x000D_Into fields of sunlit harmony._x000D__x000D_Shopping, cooking, clearing walks and yards,_x000D__x000D_Trimming house and tree while working, too;_x000D__x000D_Making phone calls, wrapping, writing cards,_x000D__x000D_As all worn out we do what we must do_x000D__x000D_So that this day of joy might joy renew.

Bread is the king of the table and all else is merely the court that surrounds the king. The countries are the soup, the meat, the vegetables, the salad, but bread is king.

I do not want to make my stomach a graveyard of dead animals.

No rules. Don't be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn't have to have rules. I don't like it that way.

The mere smell of cooking can evoke a whole civilization.

A man should not so much respect what he eats, as with whom he eats.

Shape is a good part of the fig's delight.

I simply cannot imagine why anyone would eat something slimy served in an ashtray.

A number of rare or newly experienced foods have been claimed to be aphrodisiacs. At one time this quality was even ascribed to the tomato. Reflect on that when you are next preparing the family salad.

To be a gourmet you must start early, as you must begin riding early to be a good horseman. You must live in France, your father must have been a gourmet. Nothing in life must interest you but your stomach.

You cannot sell a blemished apple in the supermarket, but you can sell a tasteless one provided it is shiny, smooth, even, uniform and bright.

Aioli epitomizes the heat, the power, and the joy of the Provencal sun, but it has another virtue -- it drives away flies.

To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a 'home' might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation.

The true cook is the perfect blend, the only perfect blend, of artist and philosopher. He knows his worth: he holds in his palm the happiness of mankind, the welfare of generations yet unborn.

Whether you change the linen or stitch up wounds, cook the food or dispense the medicines, it is in your hands to help build a public service worthy of all those who gave their lives for the dream of democracy

Cooking might be the most important factor in fixing our public health crisis. It's the single most important thing you can do for your health.

An agrarian mind begins with the love of fields and ramifies in good farming, good cooking & good eating

One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.

Anytime a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a pastrami on white bread, somewhere a Jew dies.