The Thing I Liked About Writing About

(in Cooking), There Is Always Room For Careful Tinkering.

Cake Baking Has To Be, However Innocently, One Of The Great Culinary Scams: It Implies Effort, It Implies Domestic Prowess; But Believe Me, It's Easy.

Everyone Wants To Be Young, Beautiful And Rich. I Don't Say That Scornfully: There Are Worse Things To Want To Be. But That's Why, For Example, People Don't Begrudge Kate Moss How Much She Earns For A Day's Work But Will Fulminate Over The Take-home Pay Of Some Fat, Old Water Board Exec.

I Was Shy As A Child. Now I'm Not Really Shy Any More, Unless I'm With Shy People. I Find It Contagious And I Don't Know What To Say. But I Don't Think Shyness Is Something One Should Feel Apologetic About.

I Do Think Awful Things May Happen At Any Moment, So While They Are Not Happening, You May As Well Be Pleased.