112 Quotes by Frances Mayes

What has impressed me the most about the Italians whose tables we’ve sat at is that they are traditional cooks but also outrageously innovative. These people are wild improvisers.

Finally I caught on that what you buy today is ready – picked or dug this morning at its peak. This also explained another puzzle; I never understood why Italian refrigerators are so minute until I realized that they don’t store food the way we do. The Sub-Zero giant I have at home begins to seem almost institutional compared to the toy fridge I now have here.

It’s kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.

I’m reading more than ever. I’ve started on the left wall of the Carnegie Library and plan to read my way around the room.