Regina Brett Quotes

My inspiration is love and history.

I love cooking. It's one of my favorite things to do. To share my parents' recipes that I grew up with is just something very special to me.

When I was growing up, my grandmother cooked every day. She is the best chef ever.

I cook so that there is no absence. I cook so that I am always there, even when I'm gone, even when I die, and my cooking translates in my daughter's memory as, simply, this: time.

My mom, she cooks the best pound cakes in the world.

I grew up in the kitchen, mostly with my grandfather, my mother and my aunt Raffy.

I show the people I love that I love them by gathering them in my kitchen and feeding them, so no surprise that most of my characters do the same thing.

I think perhaps we all cook to feed some kind of hunger in ourselves. I am nourished by being surrounded by family and friends, by creating something delicious for them, by nurturing them.

Like a lot of kids, I had a Superman cake or different theme cakes, but then I hit the age where I think my mom thought I was ready for the German chocolate cake that she makes for my dad. Just the sight of that, the taste of that frosting, just reminds me of being at home with my mom and my dad and my sister and my friends.

Food was a labor of love you felt by cooking it and eating it.

The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.

It's about carrying on the legacy and doing something I love and have a passion for.

My abuela was an incredible cook.

My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.

Food is a passion. Food is love.

My love of baking might have originated with my grandmother. She had a lemon tree growing in her backyard, and one of my favorite memories is of picking lemons together and then baking lemon bars.

There's just so much love that goes into home cooking, and I think it will really help the American family overall. I'm hoping to maybe get a cookbook out one day because I've got some great family recipes.

I love to cook for people. I equate food with love.

My father played baseball. That's what I know to do. That's my gift. God has given me the greatest gift. And that's what I love to do.

Families are families are families are families.

I come from a family of great cooks and big eaters.

I wanted to keep that message of food and family alive, and how it brings people together and builds relationships and communication.

The most beautiful thing in the world is my grandmother's apple pie.

There is so much more than ingredients that go into home cooking. A home-cooked meal includes so much love and recipes that have been passed down through generations, and that is what I truly appreciate.

I was raised by a gaggle of women who all loved to bake. Dessert always existed after any savory meal. I was raised with cookies on the plate, brownies in a Tupperware container, and so on.