她看上去像是一个普通的女士，生活在世界上 - 似乎并不是特别令人兴奋或出色。但是那只鸡肉用百里香和黄油沐浴 - 我从来没有品尝过有如此咸味的鸡肉，我只能将这种味道适当地识别为鸡肉的味道。不知何故，在她的手中，食物感到被认可。菠菜变成了菠菜 - 拥有良好的农场护理，盐，热量和她的注意力，它似乎使它的绿叶，广阔的自我放松。大蒜抓住了它活泼的本质。西红柿的味道与牛肉一样。
(She too looked like a regular lady, living in the world- didn't seem particularly with it or excitable or stellar. But that chicken, bathed in thyme and butter- I hadn't ever tasted a chicken that had such a savory warmth to it, a taste I could only suitably identify as the taste of chicken. Somehow, in her hands, food felt recognized. Spinach became spinach- with a good farm's care, salt, the heat and her attention, it seemed to relax into its leafy, broad self. Garlic seized upon its lively nature. Tomatoes tasted as substantive as beef.)
艾米·本德（Aimee Bender）的“柠檬蛋糕的特殊悲伤”中的角色似乎是一个普通的女人，缺乏任何显着特征。然而，她的烹饪揭示了另一个维度，尤其是她的鸡肉，鸡肉注入了百里香和黄油，体现了一种丰富而舒适的味道，被深深辨认为鸡肉。这表明与食物有更深的联系，即使是最简单的成分在她的照顾下也会变化。
她的食物方法不仅仅是准备。它允许每种成分自身发光。菠菜当受到注意和调味料的治疗时，菠菜会变得完全自身，而大蒜则突出了其充满活力的品质。这种观点可以提升日常蔬菜，使西红柿的味道像肉一样丰富，在用爱和技巧制成时，对口味及其潜力有了独特的了解。
