“[The] dinner party is a true proclamation of the abundance of being -- a rebuke to the thrifty little idolatries by which we lose sight of the lavish hand that made us. It is precisely because no one needs soup fish, meat, salad, cheese, and dessert at one meal that we so badly need to sit down to them from time to time. It was largesse that made us all; we were not created to fast forever. The unnecessary is the taproot of our being and the last key to the door of delight. Enter here, therefore, as a sovereign remedy for the narrowness of our minds and the stinginess of our souls, the formal dinner...the true convivium -- the long Session that brings us nearly home.” FoodCelebrationFeasting Book:The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection Source: The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection
“Give us this day our daily taste. Restore to us soups that spoons will not sink in and sauces which are never the same twice. Raise up among us stews with more gravy than we have bread to blot it with... Give us pasta with a hundred fillings.” GivingFoodTasteHundredRaisesCookingBreadCulinaryThis DaySoupFillingSauceSpoonsPastaStewGravyRaise Up Author:Robert Farrar Capon
“It is precisely because no one needs soup, fish, meat, salad, cheese, and dessert at one meal that we so badly need to sit down to them from time to time. It was largesse that made us all; we were not created to fast forever... Enter here, therefore, as a sovereign remedy for the narrowness of our minds and the stinginess of our souls.” NeedsMindMadeSoulForeverFoodCookingFishesMeatMealsCulinaryRemedyCheeseSovereignSoupDessertSaladLargesseStinginess Author:Robert Farrar Capon
“I like a cook who smiles out loud when he tastes his own work. Let God worry about your modesty; I want to see your enthusiasm.” WantWorryFoodTasteCookingEnthusiasmCooksLoudCulinaryModesty Author:Robert Farrar Capon
“Older women are like aging strudels - the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling has come at last into its own.” MayLastsFoodAgingLovelyFillingOlder Women Author:Robert Farrar Capon
