"Tita knew through her own flesh how fire transforms the elements, how a lump of corn flour is changed into a tortilla, how a soul that hasn't been warmed by the fire of love is lifeless, like a useless ball of corn flour."
— Laura Esquivel (Like Water for Chocolate)

"Vegetarian: an old Indian word for bad hunter"

"There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better by a little soup."
— Kate DiCamillo (The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread)

"If you're afraid of butter, use cream" ~ Julia Child

"Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart" ~ Thomas Fuller

"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed."
~ Robert H. Schuller