Cheryl Mendelson

“Being perceived as excessively domestic can get you socially ostracized. When I made hand-rolled pasta for a dinner, I learned the hard…

— Cheryl Mendelson

“To taste its best, wine, especially red wine, must be uncorked and exposed to the air for a period of time before…

— Cheryl Mendelson

Yet housekeeping actually offers more opportunities for savoring achievement than almost any other work I can think of. Each of its regular…

— Cheryl Mendelson

I am a working woman with a secret life: I keep house.

— Cheryl Mendelson

“What really does work to increase the feeling of having a home and its comforts is housekeeping. Housekeeping creates cleanliness, order, regularity,…

— Cheryl Mendelson

“I managed to persevere partly because not everyone responded with that stare; there was enthusiasm as well. And I was struck that…

— Cheryl Mendelson

“Hair burns very quickly. If you have long hair, tie it back securely when you are cooking, building a fire in the…

— Cheryl Mendelson

“The part of me that enjoys housekeeping and the comforts it provides is central to my character. Until now, I have almost…

— Cheryl Mendelson

I myself love getting cookbooks and novels that some congenial person has already tried and liked.

— Cheryl Mendelson

“What really does work to increase the feeling of having a home and its comforts is housekeeping. Housekeeping creates cleanliness, order, regularity,…

— Cheryl Mendelson

“He was a man whose calmness reflected his confidence that he meant whatever he did-- which is different... from confidence that whatever…

— Cheryl Mendelson

“Brew black tea for three to five minutes; oolong for about five minutes; and green teas for only a minute or two.”

— Cheryl Mendelson

I listen to lots of music, especially Bach, opera (all periods), German lieder, chamber music, and rock, old and new. I can't…

— Cheryl Mendelson

We have, instead (of soot and dirt), disorganization. We have this proliferation of goods. It's the disease of the time.

— Cheryl Mendelson

Many books have mattered enormously to my life and work. 'David Copperfield' by Charles Dickens would be one of several contenders for…

— Cheryl Mendelson

So many people imagine housekeeping to be boring, frustrating, repetitive, unintelligent drudgery. I cannot agree. In fact, having kept house, practiced law,…

— Cheryl Mendelson

I published only in academic journals in philosophy until I was in my 40s, but I had been writing fiction and poetry…

— Cheryl Mendelson