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

And my mother, whose radius of travel was short, tied the letters with ribbon and kept them in her desk, When you get the chance, she said to me, "go.

I think I went to Italy initially for the art, architecture, food and history, but I stayed there because of the people in Cortona.

When my husband is away and I'm by myself, my neighbours will insist I eat with them every single night because they see it as unhealthy to eat by yourself.

In America, people are just so straightforward when they dislike things.

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.