Anyone who thinks they're too grown up or too sophisticated to eat caramel corn, is not invited to my house for dinner

I had done this. I had pulled my life apart. I would never, ever be safe again.

I felt that I was really living in the moment. I did not know where my life was going, but right now the future did not trouble me.

One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don't know how to do, to keep learning.

A thousand years ago the Chinese had an entirely codified kitchen while the French were still gnawing on bones. Chopsticks have been around since the fourth century B.C. Forks didn't show up in England until 1611, and even then they weren't meant for eating but just to hold the meat still while you hacked at it with your knife.

Plain fresh bread, its crust shatteringly crisp. Sweet cold butter. There is magic in the way they come together in your mouth to make a single perfect bite.

Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.