"Food is, for me, for everybody, a very sexual thing and I think I realised that quite early on. I still cannot exagge…"

"Food has been my career, my hobby, and, it must be said, my escape."

"I understood that if ever one wanted to live with someone you cooked for them and they came running. But then it is m…"

"Eating, and that feel of food in the mouth, is all part of comfort and affection and warmth, and I think that a lot o…"

"Good kitchens are not about size; they are about ergonomics and light."

"It is the deep, salty stickiness of food that intrigues me more than any other quality."

"Well let's face it, who on earth besides antique dealers and gay couples actually still give dinner parties?"

"Almost anything is edible with a dab of French mustard on it."

"In the days of my early acquaintance with Henley, some fourteen or fifteen years ago, I could never look at him witho…"

"When men live in small communities, ... they cannot avoid personal participation in some public functions. So it was …"