Maybe the cat has fallen into the stew, or the lettuce has frozen, or the cake has collapsed. <i>Eh bien, tant pis.</i> Usually one's cooking is bett… - Julia Child

Usually one's cooking is better than one thinks it is. And if the food is truly vile, as my ersatz eggs Florentine surely were, then the cook must simply grit her teeth and bear it with a smile-and learn from her mistakes.

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

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.

Remember, ‘No one’s more important than people’!” In other words, friendship is the most important thing — not career or housework, or one’s fatigue — and it needs to be tended and nurtured.