The sharing of food is the basis of social life, and to many people it is the only kind of social life worth participating in.

I come from a coffee-loving family, and you can always tell when my sister and I have been around, because both of us collect all the dead coffee from everyone's morning cup, pour it over ice, and drink it. This is a disgusting habit.

And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.

It is always wise to make too much potato salad. Even if you are cooking for two, make enough for five. Potato salad improves with age - that is, if you are lucky enough to have any left over.

No one who cooks cooks alone.

The old days were slower. People buttered their bread without guilt and sat down to dinner en famille.

I do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to beat a plain old baked potato.