Eating in Italy is essentially a family art, practiced for and by the family. The finest accomplishments of the home cook are not reserved like the good silver and china for special occasions or for impressing guests, but are offered… — Marcella Hazan Copy Share Image
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 Image
[On cooking:] What you keep out is as significant as what you put in. — Marcella Hazan Copy Share Image
“Once the pasta is sauced, serve it promptly, inviting your guests and family to put off talking and start eating.” — Marcella Hazan Copy Share Image
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 Image
I don't cook 'concepts.' I use my head, but I cook from the heart, I cook for flavor. — Marcella Hazan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
What people do with food is an act that reveals how they construe the world. — Marcella Hazan Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image