It is not 'only' food, I said heatedly. There's meaning hidden underneath each dish.

It is not 'only' food, I said heatedly. There's meaning hidden underneath each dish.

Life is so endlessly delicious

...it was so rich and exotic I was seduced into taking one bite and then another as I tried to chase the flavors back to their source.

The single most useful ingredient on the planet. In a pinch you can scramble them and call it dinner. But it only takes five eggs, a little milk and a handful of cheese to make a fat, sassy cheese soufflé.

When a person has lived generously and fought fiercely, she deserves more than sadness at the end.

The strands of spaghetti were vital, almost alive in my mouth, and the olive oil was singing with flavor. It was hard to imagine that four simple ingredients [olive oil, pasta, garlic and cheese] could marry so perfectly.