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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.”

Ifs Long Doe Made Facts Democracy Dog Food Mom Pure Hot Remains Cooking Made It Germany Apples Culinary Twins Pie Frozen Pillars Stand Alone Hot Dog Apple Pie Frankfurt

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.”

Ifs Made Together Differences Wonder Four Childhood Food Brother Mom Eating Cooking Restaurants Culinary Recognizing Older Brother Eating Alone Restaurant Business Eating Together

Book:Bouchon

Source: Bouchon

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

Food Mom Cooking Culinary

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.”

Way Feelings Family Sadness Food Mom Eating Connections Tables Guilt Meals Kitchen Resolution Laughed Rescue Cried Controversy Antidote Kitchen Table Sadness And Anger

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.”

Ifs Giving Wisdom Kids Lasts Family Generations Example Food Health Mom Fit Anxiety Ethics Lifetime Diets Jeans

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.”

Men Born Food Changed Grew Mom Grew Up Cooking My Mom Cooks Kitchen Restaurants Grandmother My Grandmother Sweden Ethiopia

Author:Marcus Samuelsson

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

Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader