I get a million ideas a day and I don't put too much weight on any one of them. The ones that really stick in my head are the ones I end up doing.
Every day holds the possibility of a miracle.
Some sensible person once remarked that you spend the whole of your life either in your bed or in your shoes. Having done the best you can by shoes and bed, devote all the time and resources at your disposal to the building up of a fine kitchen. It will be, as it should be, the most comforting and comfortable room in the house.
Good food is always a trouble and its preparation should be regarded as a labour of love.
To eat figs off the tree in the very early morning, when they have been barely touched by the sun, is one of the exquisite pleasures of the Mediterranean.
Summer cooking implies a sense of immediacy, a capacity to capture the essence of the fleeting moment.
The grotesque prudishness and archness with which garlic is treated in [England] has led to the superstition that rubbing the bowl with it before putting the salad in gives sufficient flavor. It rather depends whether you are going to eat the bowl or the salad.
All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.
I don't know anyone in the public eye who has not made a mistake and said something in a manner that does not truly reflect their intentions.
Clichés are what good writing is all about. Because our lives are basically clichés.
If you want to make a mythical creature, just take a regular animal and add wings to it. A horse becomes a Pegasus, a lion becomes a griffin, and a hawk. . . becomes a double hawk.