“Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.”

“When you cook it should be an act of love. To put a frozen bag in the microwave for your child is an act of hate.”

“The principle was, death should not be entered like some snug harbor. It should be an unambiguous refusal to surrender.”

“Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.”

“We made mad love:
Shadow love,
Random love,
And abandoned love.
Accidentally like a martyr.
The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder”

“When guests enter the room their entertainers rise to receive them; and in all meetings men should ascend into their higher selves, imparting to one another only the best they know and love.”

“To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating.”

“One should follow a man of wisdom who rebukes one for one's faults, as one would follow a guide to some buried treasure. To one who follows such a wise man, it will be an advantage and not a disadvantage.
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These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood. Since you should abandon even good states of mind generated by these teachings, how much more so should you abandon bad states of mind!
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Conquer the angry man by love.
Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness.
Conquer the miser with generosity.
Conquer the liar with truth.”

“I like children. If they're properly cooked.”

“Cooking is like decorating — it never bores me.”