Cooking is one of the strongest ceremonies for life. When recipes are put together, the kitchen is a chemical laboratory involving air, fire, water and the earth. This is what gives value to humans and elevates their spiritual qualities. If… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
Many people think spending an hour or two in the kitchen is a waste of time. But it is a good investment in your spiritual development. — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
When Chipotle asked me to take part in the Cultivating Thought program both as an author and an essay contest judge, I was excited… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
We're in a period of revolutionary change. I'm optimistic. One's self changes, and then the world changes. It's going to begin internally, not externally. — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
Progress makes us lose the feeling of a ceremony that cooking should have. It has significantly shifted our values so that now it seems… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
What I find sad is that the New Age movement is primarily a commercial undertaking. But it is answering to a human need. — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
Once again she would arrive at a foreign place. Once again be the newcomer, an outsider, the one who did not belong. She knew from experience that she would quickly have to ingratiate herself with her new masters to avoid being rejected or, in more dire cases, punished. Then there would be the phase where she would have to sharpen… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share
The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
To what extent has each one of us contributed to the rise in violence and hatred? — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
The same way one tells a recipe, one tells a family history. Each one of us has our past locked inside. — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter to me what you did, there are some things in life that shouldn't be given so much importance, if they don't change what is essential. What you've told me hasn't changed the way I think; I'll say again, I would be delegated to be your companion for the rest of your life-but you must think over very… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share
Then she cried without tears, which is said to hurt even more like dry labor. — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
Cooking is one of the strongest ceremonies for life. When recipes are put together, the kitchen is a chemical laboratory involving air, fire, water… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
