Good Cheese Needs Good Companions.

The Kitchen, Reasonably Enough, Was The Scene Of My First Gastronomic Adventure. I Was On All Fours. I Crawled Into The Vegetable Bin, Settled On A Giant Onion And Ate It, Skin And All. It Must Have Marked Me For Life, For I Have Never Ceased To Love The Hearty Flavor Of Raw Onions.

If You Have Never Tasted A Braised Vegetable, You'll Find It Is A Revelation.

Good Bread And Good Butter Go Together. They Are One Of The Perfect Marriages In Gastronomy, And They Never Fail To Cheer Me.

I’m Going To Break One Of The Rules Of The Trade Here. I’m Going To Tell You Some Of The Secrets Of Improvisation. Just Remember—it’s Always A Good Idea To Follow The Directions Exactly The First Time You Try A Recipe. But From Then On, You’re On Your Own.

If I Had To Narrow My Choice Of Meats Down To One For The Rest Of My Life, I Am Quite Certain That Meat Would Be Pork.