Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.

Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.

Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful. I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a life, start a business and find love in a place so far from home. Ireland has never been more beautiful - the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.

All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by.

Food is so important - it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun. I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven.

If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people.

A practical girl never pines; she takes action.