Cooking is about putting food on the table night after night, and there isn’t anything glamorous about it.

There’s something about pleasure I find annoying.

Life is brimming with things to be discovered and known, skills to be mastered, challenges to be overcome. And when you are discouraged, dig a hole in the earth and think of the possibilities. So many things can be planted in your lifetime, skills that once mastered will bear fruit forever. . . . Pluck up some enthusiasm for the business of life, for the loamy matter that supports us all. Become a handyman and spread your skills wide, digging deeper into the earth's crust to uncover its secrets.

We must lose what we think we know so that we can come to see what we least expect.

Google 'broccoli casserole' and make the first recipe you find. I guarantee it will be disappointing.

Cooking is about putting food on the table night after night, and there isn’t anything glamorous about it.

I hate the idea that cooking should be a celebration or a party.