Michelle Huneven Quotes

Almost every culture has its own variation on chicken soup, and rightly so - it's one of the most gratifying dishes on the face of the Earth.

When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.

I love rice and pasta.

Food is a huge source of comfort for me.

I really like stews: everything in a bowl boiled down right to its essence.

Sipping once, sipping twice, sipping chicken soup with rice.

Custard puddings, sauces and fillings accompany the seven ages of man in sickness and in health.

Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make, hungry to absorb other flavours, and hugely versatile.

I eat the same foods almost every day. I have my favorites like Filipino beef broth, chicken soup with lots and lots of rice.

Eating something fresh out of the oven is like a hug you can taste.

In my special place, room service could only consist of my husband making me a breakfast of eggs, avocados, and hummus. And coffee with milk.

All food is comfort food. Maybe I just like to chew.

Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.

I always have parmigiano-reggiano, olive oil and pasta at home. When people get sick, they want chicken soup; I want spaghetti with parmesan cheese, olive oil and a bit of lemon zest. It makes me feel better every time.

You know, food is such - it's a hug for people.

Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.

What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast?

I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.

Feeding is a very important ritual for me. I don't trust people who don't like to eat.

Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread - there may be.

I love to cook comfort food. I'll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.

When I was having that alphabet soup, I never thought that it would pay off.

Food makes me happy. Make me work round the clock, but just feed me first!

The sound of the piano is always something that is a real kind of comfort food to me.

I'm always a big fan of a big pot of chicken soup. I like to make a big pot of that, and I keep it in my freezer so when I come off the road and I just want to sit in my pajamas on my couch and catch up on the DVR and dig into a nice big bowl of chicken soup. It feeds my soul.