"Writing or making anything—a poem, a bird feeder, a chocolate cake—has self-respect in it. You're working. You're trying. You're not lying down on the ground, having given up."

~ Sharon Olds, American Poet.

“Sharing our meals should be a joyful and a trustful act, rather than the cursory fulfillment of our social obligations.”

~ M.K. Fischer, "Serve It Forth"

"In the moments I get it right, every step I take seems to be matched by a universal mystery, which obligingly, incredibly, creates what I can't."
~  Martha Beck

“If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”

~ Carl E. Sagan (scientist)

“As the days grow short, some faces grow long. But not mine. Every autumn, when the wind turns cold and darkness comes early, I am suddenly happy. It’s time to start making soup again.”

~ Leslie Newman (screen writer, cookbook author)