After coating pasta with tomato-rich meat sauce, my mom would drizzle the bottom of a nonstick pot with oil and put it all back in to form a dark crust of tangled noodles. Once she unmolded it at the table like a cake, my brothers and I would excitedly cut into it, verbally laying claim to our preferred pieces.
I'm a lioness. I have four cubs. I'm a mom. I want to take care of my kids and protect them.
My mom, who left Iran in 1976, steeped us in the smells, tastes, and traditions of Persian cuisine.
I can't resist South Indian cuisine, particularly what is prepared at home. My mom is my favourite cook. She can cook a variety of cuisines. I savour her cooking at home, and she's undoubtedly the best.
I go back five generations in Jamaica. My dad grew up in Port Royal, and my mom grew up in Kingston. My family is from the country like West Moreland and also in Manchester. I've been there countless times. As far as cuisine, there's not really much that comes out of Jamaica that's on a plate that I don't like.
My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African-American, so I had a pretty diverse culinary background to work with.
We didn't have a TV in the living room and all my friends thought we were kind of weird. When they'd come over, my mom wanted to talk to them about current events.
Mom was always doing something for somebody. She came from a Czech background, one that made her a devout Catholic and gave her a strong belief in the family.
As a child, I would watch my mom get ready for work and just sit there for hours watching her transform. However, it wasn't until much later on that I really started to dabble in makeup myself.
Once upon a time, the homemaker was just Mom, but now we've evolved and come to a place where we're celebrating grandmas, grandpas, moms, dads - all the people that keep it safe and clean for our kids - and the overall health for ourselves so we can continue to function and do the variety of things we all do.
My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning.
When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes.
First, I started taking dance classes, and then I started taking singing lessons. Then my mom put me into a year-round theatre program where I did seven shows.
When I was young, my mom realized I could dance and hold a beat, and I really danced just for fun. It was good exercise.
I did go through a bit of a dark time during the years I was trying to be a mom. But I'm basically a very positive person.
You really don't need to study how to change a diaper. As a new mom, you learn pretty darn quickly!
My mom always said, 'Don't date a guy who thinks he's prettier than you.'
There's so many good comedians in D.C. I started hanging out with those guys. Dave Chappelle was there. Actually, Dave was too young to be in the clubs, so when his mom couldn't make it, he would ask me to pretend I was his aunt, so he could do open mike.
My mom actually would not allow me to watch 'Dawson's Creek!'
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
