"there are many of us who cannot but feel dismal about the future of various cultures. Often is it hard not to agree that we are becoming culinary nitwits, dependent upon fast foods and mass kitchens and megavitamins for our basically rotten nourishment."

~M.F.K. Fisher

"The explanation is that I consider cooking to be an act of love. I do
enjoy the craft of cooking, of course, otherwise I would not have done
so much of it, but that is a very small part of the pleasure it brings
me. What I love is to cook for someone. To put a freshly made meal on
the table, even if it is something very plain and simple as long as it
tastes good and is not a ready-to-eat something bought at the store, is
a sincere expression of affection, it is an act of binding intimacy
directed at whoever has a welcome place in your heart. And while other
passions in your life may at some point begin to bank their fires, the
shared happiness of good homemade food can last as long as we do."

~Marcella Hazan

"You may feel that you have eaten too much…But this pastry is like feathers – it is like snow. It is in fact good for you, a digestive!"

~M.F.K. Fisher

"It's all about the balance."

~Mireille Guiliano

"I learned more from the one restaurant that didn't work than from all the ones that were successes."

~Wolfgang Puck

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"All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast."

~John Gunther

"If God had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn't have given us grandmothers."

~Linda Henley