The sharing of food is the basis of social life.

No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.

A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.

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

When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally.

[On television:] It's made people moronic, it's robbed people of their ability to think. It's done tremendous damage, and every single household that has a small child should take it and throw it out the window.

Both happy and sad people can be cheered up by a nice meal.