Cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music. And cooking draws upon your every talent--science, mathematics, energy, history, experience--and the more experience you have, the less likely are your experiments to end in drivel and disaster. The more you know, the more you can create.

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People who love to eat are always the best people.

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Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

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The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.

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The best way to execute French cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken.

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How lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.

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You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.

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The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.

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Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the kitchen, because cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music.

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I think every woman should have a blowtorch.

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...nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should.

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To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating.

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How can a nation be called great if its bread tastes like kleenex?

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This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!

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You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.

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Dining with one's friends and beloved family is certainly one of life's primal and most innocent delights, one that is both soul-satisfying and eternal.

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I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

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In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal.

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...no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.

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The more you know, the more you can create. There's no end to imagination in the kitchen.

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Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.

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