Quotes from The Way Life Should Be

Christina Baker Kline ·  288 pages

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“Every decision I make is determined solely by the spark and limitations of my own perspective”
― Christina Baker Kline, quote from The Way Life Should Be


“I have found that the biggest moments in life, the ones that change everything, usually catch you by surprise.”
― Christina Baker Kline, quote from The Way Life Should Be


“We make the beet salad by steaming the beets until soft, about thirty minutes, plunging into cold water, and removing the skins. After cutting the beets into small cubes, we toss them with a vinaigrette of orange juice, vinegar, olive oil, and shallots, adding crumbles of goat cheese and green onion, for color and taste and crunch, at the end.”
― Christina Baker Kline, quote from The Way Life Should Be


“Risotto with Seafood 2 bay leaves 1 carrot, chopped 2 small onions: 1 chopped, 1 minced 3 (1-pound) lobsters 1/3 cup olive oil 3 tablespoons tomato paste 2 cups Arborio rice 1½ cups white wine (dry) 2 tablespoons butter 2 pounds medium shrimp, peeled 1 pound scallops Fill pot with water sufficient to cover 3 lobsters. Add bay leaves, carrot, chopped onion. Bring to a boil, add lobsters, and cook 10 minutes. Reserve water the lobsters were cooked in. Cool lobsters and remove meat. Cook minced onion in olive oil until translucent; add tomato paste until blended. Then add rice. Slowly add white wine and an equal amount of lobster water. Continue stirring and adding liquid as rice cooks, 20 minutes or so. Melt butter in a separate pan. Add shrimp; cook until pink. Remove shrimp and add scallops; sear until golden. Add shrimp and lobster to the risotto pan. Fold in. Season to taste.”
― Christina Baker Kline, quote from The Way Life Should Be


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― Christina Baker Kline, quote from The Way Life Should Be



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― Christina Baker Kline, quote from The Way Life Should Be


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― Christina Baker Kline, quote from The Way Life Should Be


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― Christina Baker Kline, quote from The Way Life Should Be


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― Christina Baker Kline, quote from The Way Life Should Be


“Life’s small details are the ones that interest me, anyway. The big questions are too hard to parse.”
― Christina Baker Kline, quote from The Way Life Should Be



“Stracciatella alla Romana 8 cups chicken broth, preferably homemade 6 ounces fresh spinach, cut into strips 4 eggs, plus 2 tablespoons water ½ cup grated Pecorino Romano cheese Salt and pepper Boil the stock and add spinach, cooking until wilted, about 3 minutes. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs with the water; add grated cheese. Whisk the egg mixture briskly into the boiling broth, and add salt and pepper to taste, then serve.”
― Christina Baker Kline, quote from The Way Life Should Be


About the author

Christina Baker Kline
Born place: Cambridge, The United Kingdom
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