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“Why not dream your own wonderful sequels? When you have finished a book, it can go on in your mind, the characters doing just what you want them to do.”

Quote by Marguerite Henry

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Marguerite Henry

Marguerite Henry was an American author renowned for her children's literature. Her works are characterized by vivid storytelling and profound moral lessons, making them beloved by readers. more

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“Cooking is one of the oldest arts and one which has rendered us the most important service in civic life.”

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“To invite people to dine with us is to make ourselves responsible for their well-being for as long as they are under our roofs.”

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“Food is all those substances which, submitted to the action of the stomach, can be assimilated or changed into life by digestion, and can thus repair the losses which the human body suffers through the act of living.”

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Source: The Physiology of Taste: or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy

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