Not everyone in Italy may know how to cook, but nearly everyone knows how to eat. Eating in Italy is one more manifestation of… — Marcella Hazan Copy Share
“Once the pasta is sauced, serve it promptly, inviting your guests and family to put off talking and start eating.” — Marcella Hazan Copy Share
The Italian comes to his table with the same open heart with which a child falls into his mother's arms, with the same easy… — Marcella Hazan Copy Share
I don't cook 'concepts.' I use my head, but I cook from the heart, I cook for flavor. — Marcella Hazan Copy Share
Eating in Italy is essentially a family art, practiced for and by the family. The finest accomplishments of the home cook are not reserved… — Marcella Hazan Copy Share
I need to smell its smells, to hear its sounds, to see food in a pot that simmers, bubbles, sizzles. I enjoy the physical… — Marcella Hazan Copy Share
What people do with food is an act that reveals how they construe the world. — Marcella Hazan Copy Share
In the Italian kitchen, ingredients are not treated as promising but untutored elements that need to be corrected through long and intricate manipulation and… — Marcella Hazan Copy Share
“The explanation is that I consider cooking to be an act of love. I do enjoy the craft of cooking, of course, otherwise I… — Marcella Hazan Copy Share
