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1 " She was a great cook, but she cooked more for herself than for other people, not because she was hungry but because she was comforted by the rituals of the kitchen. "
― Ruth Reichl , Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
2 " It was Mac who first made me think about the way food brought people together — and kept them apart. "
3 " We're in a transient state - why hate our present selves? Let's save the energy for when we are eighty, when we are perhaps above, or beyond, changing. Then we can hate, if hate we must. "
4 " We waited, eating resilient, deeply satisfying bread dipped in spicy oil that tasted exactly like fresh olives. Doug reached out and stroked my knee and I had a sudden conscious thought that I was happy. "
5 " Nothing is sexier than a competent man: I was in love. "
6 " I was slowly discovering that if you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were. "