“Patrick thought about the meals around Geraldine and Stephen's kitchen table. The roast chickens fragrant with tarragon and lemon, the rich casseroles, Stephen's tangy, oozing blue-cheese burgers. The mismatched crockery, the casual, relaxed conversation. Something Hannah had baked- raspberry roulade, apple strudel, sour-cream coffee cake- usually rounding off the meal.”
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“Food is not everything, they say, but it means the world to a starving person.”
“Not all expensive meals are delicious, and not all delicious meals are expensive.”
“A grown person in Tahiti has an eating hour allotted to him twice a day, at 10 A.M. and 5 P.M.”
“Love and poor parenting are acceptable topics for any formal meal I make.”
“Cooking is great, but the meal that has been prepared for you with love is the best.”