“What we’re really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets.  I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?”

~ Erma Bombeck, “No One Diets on Thanksgiving,” 26 November 1981

“Did you ever stop to taste a carrot?  Not just eat it, but taste it?  You can’t taste the beauty and energy of the earth in a Twinkie.”

~ Astrid Alauda

“Cooking is not about being the best or most perfect cook, but rather it is about sharing the table with family and friends.”

~ Skye Gyngell, My Favorite Ingredients

"The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it."
~  Dan Dennett

(American philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist)

“Cake baking has to be, however innocently, one of the great culinary scams: it implies effort, it implies domestic prowess; but believe me, it’s easy.”

~ Nigella Lawson, How to Be a Domestic Goddess