the servantless American cook who enjoyed producing something wonderful to eat — would feel the same way. - Julia Child

In France, Paul explained, good cooking was regarded as a combination of national sport and high art, and wine was always served with lunch and dinner.

"I had a lack of confidence, which caused me to back down from forcefully stated positions; an i was overly emotional at the expense of careful, "scientific" thought. I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was"

Nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should. Good results require that one take time and care.