Cooking is like anything else: some people have an inborn talent for it. Some become expert by practicing, and some learn from books.

Unlike some people who love to go out, I love to stay home.

No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.

The thing about homebodies is that they can usually be found at home. I usually am, and I like to feed people.

It is my opinion that Norman Rockwell and his ilk have done more to make already anxious people feel guilty than anyone else.

I myself am not particularly interested in restaurant cooking. I don't really want to learn how to make a napoleon. I'd much rather learn how to make a very good lemon cake, which you can make in your own home. I like plain, old-fashioned home food.