Mastering The Art Of French Cooking... Doesn't

In My Generation, Except For A Few People Who'd Gone Into Banking Or Nursing Or Something Like That, Middle-class Women Didn't Have Careers. You Were To Marry And Have Children And Be A Nice Mother. You Didn't Go Out And Do Anything. I Found That I Got Restless.

Too Much Trouble,' 'too Expensive,' Or 'who Will Know The Difference' Are Death Knells For Good Food. ... Cooking Is Not A Particularly Difficult Art, And The More You Cook And Learn About Cooking, The More Sense It Makes.

It Is The Americans Who Have Managed To Crown Minced Beef As Hamburger, And To Send It Round The World So That Even The Fussy French Have Taken To Le Boeuf Hache, Le Hambourgaire.

Cassoulet, That Best Of Bean Feasts, Is Everyday Fare For A Peasant But Ambrosia For A Gastronome, Though Its Ideal Consumer Is A 300-pound Blocking Back Who Has Been Splitting Firewood Nonstop For The Last Twelve Hours On A Subzero Day In Manitoba.

The Main Thing Is To Have A Gutsy Approach And Use Your Head.