“I'm completely out of control, and I can hear the beginnings of the chant, get/out/, but now that I'm not being touched maybe I can master it and I shut the world out: separating an orange into skinless sections. Peel… — Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter Copy Share
“This is home, it's the only place I want to be, but at the same time everything familiar feels strange. It's the same as… — Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter Copy Share Image
“As strange as my life gets, it's just my life. I'm still in it. Whatever happens, I'm going to have to find a way… — Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter Copy Share Image
“I'm completely out of control, and I can hear the beginnings of the chant, get/out/, but now that I'm not being touched maybe I can master it and I shut the world out: separating an orange into skinless sections. Peel it, but not with your fingers. Level off the top and bottom. Set it on the board. Remove the peel… — Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter Copy Share
“I want them to bite into a cookie, and think of me, and smile. Food is love. Food has a power. I knew it… — Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter Copy Share Image
“I'm terrified of Elena's ghost, but at the same time, I feel strongly that it's the right thing to do. I can help, and… — Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter Copy Share Image
“It's a French technique. Soups get screened, and sauces. Forced through a tamis or a chinois. Everything that comes out is smooth and all… — Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter Copy Share Image
“One of my professors in college used to say As the wise man said, Do or do not, there is no try, but the… — Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter Copy Share Image
“She's not quite making sense, but no one does all the time.” — Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter Copy Share Image
“The scene is most beautiful without people in it. People just screw things up. Forget the whole thing, the world, all the living people,… — Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter Copy Share Image
“His voice is muddy, that's what it is. Dark and brown and muddy. A note to it like coffee left too long on the… — Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter Copy Share Image
“But I can't force everything into the arrangement I'd like. I can't use denial to make everything simple.” — Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter Copy Share Image
“Alone doesn't just mean without people. It can mean without anything else. And maybe, even without putting a word on me, she's found a… — Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter Copy Share Image
