Michael Mina Quotes

Why do guests always end up in the kitchen at parties? Is it a social phenomenon? Some strange gravitational pull? I don't know, but one thing is for sure: If your friends are going to congregate in your kitchen, you'd better make it as nice as possible.

I love cooking and having friends over for dinner, so a beautiful table to sit around is a must.

During such a competition players are there for a long time as well as all the people around them. They need to train, to eat, to go out. There ought to be something in it for everyone. On that particular point, my experience has been a bonus.

I might wear a dinner jacket once a year to our Oscar party - that's a big thing - but I don't go to parties. I'm social but I'm not a socialite person.

I don't have any furniture of mine in my room.

Since my kitchen is the most important part of my home, I want to be creative and innovative, not only in its aesthetic, but also in the tools that I'm using to cook.

I hate kitchens. I don't understand these enormous American kitchens that take up half the living room and then they just order pizza.

I had to have a large kitchen because I look to cook.

Kitchens are for conversation. They're not just for cooking; they're for conversations.

There has been a major shift in how we live in our homes. Everyone knows the kitchen is the soul of the house. It's more of an open-concept approach.

When I entertain, I want to have fun. But I'm also a control person. I don't go in for those everyone-in-the-kitchen cooking scenes. So if I want to be with my guests, I have to do everything - or nearly everything - in advance.

I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.

I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen.

I love to cook. I love to cook for myself and my husband and big groups. I find it very relaxing, and I love socializing around a dinner table.

People are either born hosts or born guests.

It's not a party unless I'm cooking. Some people find entertaining stressful, but it is therapeutic for me; I find it relaxing.

I'm part of the party, getting the crowd fired up, singing songs, pouring drinks, whatever it takes to get them to have a good time. When I walk into the meet-and-greet, someone's always going to have a story, a sad story or a happy story.

Interior decoration partly thrives on being social.

When I'm doing kitchen planning as well as bathroom design, I try to walk through the day with the homeowner. If we're talking about a kitchen, it will be: So, we are walking in with the groceries. When we are taking them out of the car, where will they go? What is the distance to fridge, to pantry?

Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.

I always loved to entertain and show off in front of the neighbors. I would sing and dance at their houses.

When I come home, all I do is cook. I love cooking, so I go to markets, buy food, cook it for friends. I love doing that.

We have lost the art of conversation. People are shy and don't know how to approach other people, and they are missing opportunities for relationships. And no one's entertaining at home anymore. They're not having people over for dinner.

I used to love a well-arranged room: the furniture, the fabric, the lighting.

Your home is a kind of a reflection of your family, your life, where you're at, where you want to be, so I love to entertain people in it.