and he treated this escoffier cookbook like a chemistry textbook.laughter] he started with the basic stocks and worked his way through it. he gave up chemistry because it interfered with golf practice while he was a great golfer, and then he switched to government, which was my major. he attributed his skill in the kitchen to two women, his mother and his wife. his mother, i think was-- that was an unfair judgment, but he was certainly right about me. [laughter] i had one cookbook. it was called "the 60-minute chef," and that meant, from when you entered the apartment till when it's on the table, no more than 60 minutes. i had 7 things that i made; when we got to number 7, we went back to number one. [laughter and scattered applause] david: so did marty's mother ever give you any advice when you met her about how to be happily married? ruth: she gave me some wonderful advice. we were married in her home, and she said, just before the ceremony started, "dear, i'd like to tell you the secret of a happy marriage." "i'd love to hear it. what is it?" "ev