People tell me that I am well-grounded. I am sane in the New England sense of the word.
In cooking, as in all the arts, simplicity is the sign of perfection.
Make [food] simple and let things taste of what they are.
Fine cooking is when the things you have cooked taste as they are
Sauces comprise the honor and glory of French cookery. They have contributed to its superiority, or pre-eminence, which is disputed by none. Sauces are the orchestration and accompaniment of a fine meal, and enable a good chef or cook to demonstrate his talent.
Bouillabaisse, this golden soup, this incomparable golden soup which embodies and concentrates all the aromas of our shores and which permeates, like an ecstasy, the stomachs of astonished gastronomes. Bouillabaisse is one of those classic dishes whose glory has encircled the world, and the miracle consists of this: there are as many bouillabaisses as there are good chefs or cordon bleus. Each brings to his own version his special touch.
Cuisine is when things taste like themselves.
Knowledge we have. Anyone who strives for it with particular intensity is suspect of striving against it.
I've always had a lot of ambivalence about fame and celebrity.
Well, the music industry is littered with actors who belatedly came to singing.
When book and reader's furrowed brow meet, it isn't always the book that's stupid.