Ultimately, the perfect meal is when those things come together - circumstance, the food, ambiance, and you're with the person that you want to be with.
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Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The perfect meal, or the best meals, occur in a context that frequently has very little to do with the food itself.
A perfect dinner for me is being with people I really want to be with. It starts and stops with my company and my family.
For me, I don't expect to have a really amazing meal each time I dine out. Having a good meal with your loved ones - that's what makes the experience.
Food brings people together on many different levels. It's nourishment of the soul and body; it's truly love.
Food and love are all intertwined at our core level. It can be a very nurturing, wonderful, loving thing.
Your relationship to food is but a reflection of your relationship to yourself, as is everything in your life.
Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life.
For a dinner date, I eat light all day to save room, then I go all in: I choose this meal and this order, and I choose you, the person across from me, to share it with. There's a beautiful intimacy in a meal like that.
Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for.
You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together.
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