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> [“If we were taught to cook as we are taught to walk, encouraged first to feel for pebbles with our toes, then to wobble forward and fall, then had our hands firmly tugged on so we would try again, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamar-adler/if-we-were-taught-to-cook-as-we-are-taught-to-walk-encouraged-first/)

[Tamar Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamar-adler/)

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## More by Tamar Adler

> [“Great meals rarely start at points that all look like beginnings. They usually pick up where something else leaves off. This is how most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamar-adler/great-meals-rarely-start-at-points-that-all-look-like-beginnings-they/)

[Tamar Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamar-adler/)

> [“If we were taught to cook as we are taught to walk, encouraged first to feel for pebbles with our toes, then to wobble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamar-adler/if-we-were-taught-to-cook-as-we-are-taught-to-walk-encouraged-first/)

[Tamar Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamar-adler/)

> [“First, an egg is not an egg is not an egg. I don't know what to call the things that are produced by hens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamar-adler/first-an-egg-is-not-an-egg-is-not-an-egg-i-don-t-know-what-to-call/)

[Tamar Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamar-adler/)

> [“There is great value in being able to say "yes" when people ask if there is anything they can do. By letting people pick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamar-adler/there-is-great-value-in-being-able-to-say-yes-when-people-ask-if/)

[Tamar Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamar-adler/)

> [“t smells in. Let the smell of hot tarmac in the summer remind you of a meal you ate the first time you landed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamar-adler/t-smells-in-let-the-smell-of-hot-tarmac-in-the-summer-remind-you-of-a/)

[Tamar Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamar-adler/)

> [“Though plucking artichoke leaves doesn't mend all cracked spirits as firmly as pea shelling, it has its own curative power. There is a Dutch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamar-adler/though-plucking-artichoke-leaves-doesn-t-mend-all-cracked-spirits-as/)

[Tamar Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamar-adler/)

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