Fulfillment leaves an empty space where longing used to be.

No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.

A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.

When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally.

People who like to cook like to talk about food....without one cook giving another cook a tip or two, human life might have died out a long time ago.

Lentils are friendly - the Miss Congeniality of the bean world.

And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.

The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. A person cooking is a person giving: Even the simplest food is a gift.

Friendship is not possible between two women one of whom is very well dressed.

A person cooking is a person giving. Even the simplest food is a gift.

We need time to defuse, to contemplate. Just as in sleep our brains relax and give us dreams, so at some time in the day we need to disconnect, reconnect, and look around us.

Being human means throwing your whole life on the scales of destiny when need be, all the while rejoicing in every sunny day and every beautiful cloud.

The most meaningful prayer is kindness.

Journalism is an act of faith in the future

If a child is off-task...mayb e the problem is not the child...maybe it's the task.

The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background.

Democracy is not about protests. Democracy is about meetings.

Our planet is warming due to pollution from human activities. And a warming climate increases the likelihood of extreme weather.

If somebody gives me his hand, I will not look at him with suspicion.

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

I'm so Optimistic I'll take my last 2 dollars and buy a Money Belt.