Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.
When a person has lived generously and fought fiercely, she deserves more than sadness at the end.
I decided that it wasn’t pretty that I felt, but confident.
That’s what I like so much about old libraries – they smell the way we’d like to imagine the past.
That’s what I like so much about libraries, they smell the way we would like to imagine the past.
Anyone who thinks they’re too grown up or too sophisticated to eat caramel corn, is not invited to my house for dinner
…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.
A great meal is an experience that nourishes more than your body.
Don’t you just love the idea of cooking flowers? I imagine them bursting into bloom, right in the pan.
I felt for the first time that the library belonged here. The house was reclaiming its spirit, and the library, which had stood aloof and apart for so many years, was turning back into what it was always meant to be: the heart of this home.
That’s the most terrible thing about being a child; you’re convinced that it’s all your fault.” Lulu
Hermione was back, holding out a gossamer dress of rainbow chiffon so airy I thought of fireflies on a moonlight night.
We slid along water reds and greens, the changing lights captured in the canvas of wet tar.
Throughout human history beauty has been seen as a gift from God, but Mom had another notion; she thought that beauty could be earned through self-knowledge. It may be a revolutionary idea, but it has offered me great comfort.
The way we live is changing. Each year, our free time shrinks a little more as computers clamor for an increasing percentage of our attention.
It takes a great deal of strength to be an optimist.
Let’s face it: my life tends to revolve around food, and I love feeding people.
The implications of Americans devoting their lives to fast food are more profound than the fact that our kids aren’t eating well. There are real repercussions that we need to know about and think about.
If we make it national policy that we will support small farmers the way we support agribusiness, we’ll suddenly see it change in terms of the cost of organic food.
My idea of good living is not about eating high on the hog. Rather, to me, good living means understanding how food connects us to the earth.
If you go back in American history, oysters were the food of poor people. New York was filled with oyster saloons in the 1800s.
I’m not a big turkey fan, but my husband loves it. Thanksgiving is his favorite meal.
My idea of management is that what your job is as the boss is to find really good people and empower them and leave them alone.