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“Although the frankfurter originated in Frankfurt, Germany, we have long since made it our own, a twin pillar of democracy along with Mom's apple pie. In fact, now that Mom's apple pie comes frozen and baked by somebody who isn't Mom, the hot dog stands alone. What it symbolizes remains pure, even if what it contains does not.”

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Author:William Zinsser

“I wonder if I love the communal act of eating so much because throughout my childhood, with four older brothers and a mom who worked in the restaurant business, I spent a lot of time fending for myself, eating alone - and recognizing how eating together made all the difference.”

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Book:Bouchon

Source: Bouchon

“Never eat in a place called 'Mom's'.”

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Book:The Devil's Stocking

Source: The Devil's Stocking

“Food became the antidote for feelings of guilt, sadness, and anger. ... Food is a resolution to controversy; food is rescue. We ate and talked and cried and laughed in the kitchen and ate again. This was about more than just food. It was about our mom making connections the best she could and in the way she knew best across the kitchen table, across time and across sadness.”

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Author:Rose Quiello

“If you start giving your kids anxiety about food, it's going to last a lifetime. Moms have to lead by example. Don't say, "Oh, my jeans don't fit," or "Oh, I was bad." No diets. Nothing like that.”

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Author:Bethenny Frankel

“In Ethiopia, where I was born, all the cooks are women. When I grew up in Sweden, my mom and my grandmother did predominantly all the cooking. Then I changed to restaurant kitchens, where all of a sudden there were just more men than women, and I always thought that was weird.”

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Author:Marcus Samuelsson

“Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.”

Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”

“When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.”

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Author:Gracie Allen

“I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs. Then I tasted baby food.”

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Author:Robert Orben

“An indoor man eats nothing, except that which is prepared and served by his mother with lots of insults, an outdoor man eats that which he buys, prepares, served and eaten with lots of respect.”