Cooking Is The Art Of Adjustment.

When I Pair Food And Wine, I Start With The Food. If I Have A Beautiful Roasted Bird, I Might Choose A Cabernet Or Pinot Noir, Or Maybe A Syrah, Depending On The Sauce And What Is In My Cellar.

After 45 Years Of Marriage, When I Have An Argument With My Wife, If We Don't Agree, We Do What She Wants. But, When We Agree, We Do What I Want!

You Know, My Parents Had A Restaurant. And I Left Home, Actually, In 1949, When I Was 13 Years Old, To Go Into Apprenticeship. And Actually When I Left Home, Home Was A Restaurant - Like I Said, My Mother Was A Chef. So I Can't Remember Any Time In My Life, From Age 5, 6, That I Wasn't In A Kitchen.

I Have An Immigrant Story. Most People Come Here For Economic Reasons, Or Religious Reasons, Or Racial Reasons, Or Gender Reasons, Or One Of Those Things. I Had A Good Job In Paris, But America Was, And Still Is, The Golden Fleece. And I've Done Very Well!

When I Wrote 'fast Food My Way' In 2004, I Hoped That My Friends Would Prepare My Recipes. Now, More People Cook From That Book Than Any Other I've Written In The Past 30 Years.