A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.

Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
We all eat, and it would be a sad waste of opportunity to eat badly.

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.
Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul.
I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.
Food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate.