Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy.
Mary BerryRead
I still think it's essential for a parent to cook with their children. Weighing out the ingredients and learning where the food comes from is educational, but it also helps to place meal times at the heart of family life. We never had dinner in front of the TV.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Cooking with children fosters education and family connection during mealtimes.
Mary Berry emphasizes the importance of cooking together as a family activity that serves both educational purposes and strengthens family bonds. By involving children in the kitchen, they learn about nutrition, cooking skills, and the origins of food, while also creating a nurturing environment where mealtimes become a cherished family tradition rather than just a routine task.
Themes
CookingFamilyEducationMealtimesTogetherness
In practice
Example use cases
During a community event focusing on family bonding, I shared this quote by Mary Berry to highlight the importance of family cooking.
More from Mary Berry
All quotes →What a privilege and honour it has been to be part of seven years of magic in a tent - 'The Great British Bake Off.'
Mary BerryRead
Lots of people have written to say 'Bake Off' has inspired them to bake with their children. I feel proud about that; it's exactly what I used to do with mine.
Mary BerryRead
A lot of other reality shows on television can be bullying and aggressive, but we wanted 'The Bake Off' to be an antidote to that.
Mary BerryRead
I eat carefully because people don't want to see a large person judging cakes. They'll think to themselves, 'That's what happens when you eat cake.'
Mary BerryRead
Similar quotes
The most important thing I do is I'm a dad.
Stuart ScottRead
A mother, after all, is your entry into the world. She is the shell in which you divide and become a life. Waking up in a world without her is like waking up in a world without sky: unimaginable.
Meghan O'RourkeRead
Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What's that supposed to mean? In my heart it don't mean a thing.
Toni MorrisonRead
Almost any American can connect on some level to a family background of having come across some ocean. They say, 'My great-grandparents came from wherever... this is why we have this last name, why we do this thing at Christmas.' All the details get watered down but don't quite disappear.
Jhumpa LahiriRead
The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all.
Benjamin SpockRead
The richest inheritance any child can have is a stable, loving, disciplined family life.
Daniel Patrick MoynihanRead