"When the leaves began to fall, all the visitors were gone, and the whistle from the train passing through Orange gave a long, lonesome, shrill sound as it rolled through without stopping to let off any passengers."

"One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food."

"My mother died when I was 18. Up until then, I never saw a tin can in my house. (Washington Post interview, 1990)"

"Ham held the same rating as the basic black dress. If you had a ham in the meat house, any situation could be faced."

"Women didn't 'learn' how to cook - you were born knowing how."