Tilia

“The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture.”
― Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

“Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.”
― M.F.K. Fisher

“A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.”
― Elsa Schiaparelli

“No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.”
― Laurie Colwin