Duck Quote by Prue Leith

I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was taking my…

— Vin Diesel

I loved seeing my mom put her own twist on years-old family recipes and also create new dishes. This made me develop a passion…

— Camila Alves

As a kid, I was running around the conservatory, playing with my grandparents' students who were like babysitters, taking cello and piano lessons, eating…

— Laufey

My stepdad was a farmer, so growing up, during summer breaks, I woke up every morning and went to work. Harvesting tobacco, picking cucumbers,…

— Julius Peppers

Growing up, I had a very busy social life. It wasn't until I was a sophomore in high school that I asked Mama if…

— Paula Deen

You know, my parents had a restaurant. And I left home, actually, in 1949, when I was 13 years old, to go into apprenticeship.…

— Jacques Pepin

When I was about nine years old, I announced to my mother that I was going to cook Thanksgiving dinner. And I went to…

— Nathan Myhrvold

I started working myself from about 14, really, so I wasn't a burden on my family. I did a paper round and a milk…

— Sanjeev Bhaskar

I remember being a young boy in Spain and watching my parents cook. We didn't go to a lot of restaurants because we didn't…

— Anonymous

My father instilled in me an attitude that you couldn't really enjoy yourself unless you had done something to deserve it. So, my childhood…

— Ben Elliot

I was the youngest in my family. When the other kids went to school, my mother would make them breakfast and then she would…

— Paula Poundstone

Growing up sweeping the floor at my dad's hardware store and cleaning the bathroom at my mom's dance studio, I never could have imagined…

— Katie Britt