Catchphrases & Quotes
In-world lines from the matriarch herself.
All lines below are in-world lines from the fictional character —
collected sayings, not quotations from any real person.
"Mangia! You're too thin!"
"Sunday sauce waits for no one — sit down."
"My kitchen, my rules. Rule one: eat."
"Love is measured in ladles."
"No one leaves hungry. No one. This is not a negotiation."
"Respect the rolling pin."
"Family first, seconds always."
"A watched pot still boils — be patient, bambino."
"Gravy is a food group. I don't make the rules. ...I make the rules. It's a food group."
"Kiss the cook — that's me!"