I Taped My First Series For Pbs

When You'd Get A Note From Someone, The Government, It Meant Something Was Wrong. This Was The Way It Was. Just Goes To Show You The Way That Being A Chef Has Changed, You Know - Being On The Bottom Of The Social Scale And Now Being What We Are, It's Incredible, It's Terrific.

When You Are At Home, Even If The Chicken Is A Little Burnt, What's The Big Deal? Relax.

Thirty, 40 Years Ago, More Than That Now, Even, The Cook Was Certainly At The Bottom Of The Social Scale. And Any Mother Would've Wanted Their Child To Marry A Doctor, A Lawyer, An Architect, Not A Cook. Now, We Are Genius, It's Different.

You Have No Choice As A Professional Chef: You Have To Repeat, Repeat, Repeat, Repeat Until It Becomes Part Of Yourself. I Certainly Don't Cook The Same Way I Did 40 Years Ago, But The Technique Remains. And That's What The Student Needs To Learn: The Technique.

You Can't Escape The Taste Of The Food You Had As A Child. In Times Of Stress, What Do You Dream About? Your Mother's Clam Chowder. It's Security, Comfort. It Brings You Home.