...The more I learned the more I realized how very much one has to know before one is in-the-know at all. - Julia Child

Maybe the cat has fallen into the stew, or the lettuce has frozen, or the cake has collapsed. Eh bien, tant pis. Usually one's cooking is better than one thinks it is. And if the food is truly vile, then the cook must simply grit her teeth and bear it with a smile, and learn from her mistakes.

We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.

Une maison sans chat, c’est la vie sans soleil!” (“A house without a cat is like life without sunshine!”)