Craig Claiborne

There is nothing better on a cold wintry day than a properly made pot pie.

Cooking is at once childs play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.

When she goes about her kitchen duties, chopping, carving, mixing, whisking, she moves with the grace and precision of a ballet dancer, her fingers plying the food with the dexterity of a croupier.

Cooking is at once one of the simplest and most gratifying of the arts but to cook well one must love and respect food.

Man is born to eat.

He was an innovator, an experimenter, a missionary in bringing the gospel of good cooking to the home table.