“It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didn't have television. This small family farm was a bubble world that didn't have much to do with reality.” WorldRealityHouseParentTelevisionGrewGrew UpMy FamilyAccidentsFarmsMy SisterBubblesDishesStorytellerFamily FarmsSmall Family Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“I keep going back to foundation, heritage cooking techniques from my family in Naples and Abruzzi. There are a lot of traditional dishes from those regions that I want to educate my kids' palates about, to pass down that heritage and that lineage. I think my mom would have been pleasantly surprised and absolutely thrilled to have seen all the cookbooks and all the restaurants and all the television I've done.” ThinkingWantHas BeensDoneKidsTelevisionMomMy FamilyFoundationCookingMy MomTechniqueTraditionalRestaurantsRegionsKeep GoingHeritageEducateDishesCookbookPalateLineageNaples Author:Rick Tramonto
“What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.” ArtPoliticalMediaTelevisionOffersMassForgottenEntertainmentDishesReplacedConsumedMass MediaNew MediaMass Consumption Author:W. H. Auden
“What's missing from the online experience is community. Married couples are still going to need something to do on Tuesday nights, right? And it's not going to be individually retiring to their offices to watch on their computers. It's: "We just put the meat loaf dishes away, let's go watch television." It's going to happen. We shouldn't be so led around by other models.” NeedsStillsHappensNightCommunityWatchesMissingTelevisionCoupleOfficeComputerMarriedModelsMeatOnlineRetiringDishesTuesdayMarried CouplesTuesday Night Author:Edward Allen Bernero