Mo Rocca Quotes

I'd like to cook for my granny one more time. I cooked for her a couple of times before she passed away, but I wasn't really old enough.

As a child, I was lucky enough to spend each summer with my grandmother.

One of my favorite memories from growing up in Brazil is being in the kitchen with my family and watching everyone bake and cook.

My earliest memory is making peach cobbler with my grandmother. A wonderful memory. I grew up in a restaurant family - B.B.Q. restaurant.

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.

As a child, I was raised with my grandmother, alongside all my cousins, and the kitchen was always full.

My mom is a really good cook. We used to make dumplings together.

We all have those dreams of going back in time and seeing what it was like when our parents were younger.

I would give anything to sit down with my maternal grandmother and have a cup of tea and play Scrabble. She died 10 years ago.

My mother made wonderful cheesecake. She loved cheesecake. She ate it every day of her life.

I love playing in the Garden. My dad used to tell me stories about playing here. So to see that crowd, it's crazy.

When I think about my late grandmother and how she used to talk to me, I become very emotional.

When I was in Canada, the opportunities were huge. For every place I went to, I dreamt of bringing my family, too. When I ate at restaurants, I wished I could let my family experience the food I ate, too.

My mum was my primary school cook which was handy because she used to give me extra portions. After school me and my brother used to go in the kitchen and wait for her there, and she used to give us a bit of cake and things.

My maternal grandmother, Annie Sparks, lived with our family during the while I was growing up. When I came home from school, after having made a detour to the kitchen to pour a glass of milk and fix a thick peanut butter sandwich on easy-to-tear white bread, I would go up to her sitting room.

If you have children and want to give your future self a present, record their laughter as toddlers. When they're older and away from you, you might find that clip in the middle of the day, and it will transport you as surely as if you had a time machine.

I don't want to be Batman. Let Val Kilmer do it. I just want to be Uncle Batman. I have this whole 'warm relationship' plot in my mind. In the final scenes, the new Batmobile breaks down, the new Batman's stranded on the side of the road. We grab our old Batmobile, pick him up and drive away.

I'm from South Georgia, so my mom, she always cooked some dang good food when I was growing up.

My family fled Iran in October 1978 as a result of the coming revolution when I was two years old. In the early days, my entire family lived together in a very crowded house, where I shared a room with my sister, cousin, and grandmother, and we would all listen to my grandmother tell stories before bedtime.

Cooking certain dishes, like roast pork, reminds me of my mother.

My gram taught me to knit when I was little, and then I came across my old knitting tools when I was cleaning out my closets after 'JJ' season one and got right back into it.

The memories we make with our family is everything.

A lot of people who come to my restaurant bring their parents over because it brings back good memories.

My memories of Christmas, it was more about being around family.

When you invite friends over, especially for food, with the food you want to send out a message of affection, of appreciation, of celebration. But also of culture - who your family is.