Ben Domenech Quotes

Is there any practice less selfish, any time less wasted than preparing something nourishing and delicious for the people you love?

I love cooking. Not for myself alone. Cooking is about giving.

Food and love are all intertwined at our core level. It can be a very nurturing, wonderful, loving thing.

Love is cheering and sharing and compassion and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy or relief to anyone or anything.

Because love encompasses everything, nothing is unimportant, including tonight's dinner menu. Think about it for a minute. If you were pure love, the loving parent of all life, how would you want people to eat?

I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.

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

For me, love always means spending time with people. And whenever you spend time with people, you're going to end up getting hungry at some point - so I bring food.

I think food and love go hand and hand.

In making dinner for a friend, don't forget the love.

Why can't you share your bed? The most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone. It's very charming. It's very sweet. It's what the whole world should do.

As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.

I try to speak of a love that not necessarily romantic. I think there is so much love between people and so much love people want to give but it's harder and harder these days to show that, to celebrate that, you know?

A delicious meal cooked by a colleague for many others nourishes not only the body but also the soul.

I have deep feelings for the welfare and comfort of others.

By nature, I'm very care-taking. There's something really beautiful about cooking for someone and feeding them.

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

We all have that capacity to reach out to people we don't even know and care about them ...

We forget some of the oldest medicines we have are love and compassion, and they can be deployed by everyone.

How I show love has always been through food. That, for me, has been the foundation of how I express gratitude for anybody around me.

Love supposes, is, and does many things, but basically it is practiced in the act of sharing.

Meeting the people. I love it. Just talking with people and sharing part of their lives for just a few moments ... I get love and appreciation and I hope I give them the same.

For me, cooking is an extension of love.

To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.

It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.