Jen Nails > Quotes

“My family was spread all over the place like bread crumbs, and sometimes I didn't know where it was all leading. But it was like Kitchen Sink, where you started out with a batch of stuff, and an idea, and then what you came up with at the end was a completely different flavor. It could still be delicious" -Steffy”
― Jen Nails, One Hundred Spaghetti Strings: A Heartwarming Story About Cooking, Family, and Sisters for Kids

“How do you get the chicken this crispy?" I asked. The meal was a mixture of the saltiest and crunchiest fried chicken and the buttermilkiest and sweetest waffles and syrup.
"Oil," Auntie Gina said. "You want your breading like this, you've got to fry it in rivers of oil."
We talked a little bit more about how Harry liked to squeeze a blop of syrup from the bottle on each bite of chicken and waffle just so he could get the exact amount of maple flavor, and everybody laughed.”
― Jen Nails, One Hundred Spaghetti Strings: A Heartwarming Story About Cooking, Family, and Sisters for Kids

“By summer's end, the crepe myrtles and magnolias were all overgrown, and their petals littered the sidewalks like when meat is so tender it falls right off the bones. I remember at Grandpa Falcon's barbecues, he'd do barbecue pork chops and beef ribs and chicken legs. And I remember how, when you picked up a drumstick, hunks of juicy meat would slide right off the leg bone. For me, it's all about the cooking down here. Yam-pecan pies, Brussels sprouts and egg whites, chicken and waffles.”
― Jen Nails, One Hundred Spaghetti Strings: A Heartwarming Story About Cooking, Family, and Sisters for Kids

“It sort of hit me that your life was basically a giant recipe - that you decided all the ingredients that you wanted to put into it..." -Steffy”
― Jen Nails, One Hundred Spaghetti Strings: A Heartwarming Story About Cooking, Family, and Sisters for Kids

“In the nine-to-twelve category: number twelve, traditional turkey dinner and cranberry pumpkin pie! Number forty-nine, caramel beef stew with vegetables and caramel apples! Number three, barbecued catfish and king cake! Number eighteen, Asian noodle stir-fry and vanilla soy cookies!”
― Jen Nails, One Hundred Spaghetti Strings: A Heartwarming Story About Cooking, Family, and Sisters for Kids