Cedar-wood Quote by Shannon Hale

“And she saw herself cooking, baking, canning and working a little in the orchard.”

— Robyn Carr

“I actually think that the food our mothers made may not be what we are nostalgic for. It’s more an emotional picture of a…

— Ina Garten

“She spread her arms wide to encompass the old pine table they had painted robin's egg blue, lightly sanding it in places so the…

— Linda Francis Lee

“We usually got up at five o’clock. For breakfast, we ate Chinese cabbage that we grew in our garden. It was boiled in water…

— Masaji Ishikawa

“Mom and I made three pies with wild blackberries that Teddy and I had picked.”

— Gayle Forman

“My mother had been baking more often in general, but she took plates of desserts to the carpentry studio, where her boss, thank God,…

— Aimee Bender

“Later, at the sink in our van, Mama rinsed the blue stain and the odd spiders, caterpillars, and stems from the bucket. "Not what…

— Katherine Dunn

“It was an Indian summer afternoon in Indiana, a rare gift. We walked home slowly. I thought Mom might be wrong about me having…

— Haven Kimmel

“My mother's death changed the alchemy of food. Holidays run together now like ungrooved rivers. I forget what they are for. I buy bakery…

— Florence Weinberger

“Top shelf where momma hides the cookies!”

— Rick Jeanneret

“When my parents arrived with a few trunks, a few dollars, and one kid -- me -- the bakery opportunity proved to be only…

— Bernard Haisch

“You’re cold.” Taking a spare blanket from the foot of the bed, she wraps it around all three of us, enveloping me in her…

— Suzanne Collins