“The scent, though, is its own feast. In the cutting and cubing of it, more of its hard-to-pin-down ambrosial smell is dispensed, rising up like fresh-cut grass melding with cool iris. Batting away the temptation to eat a few coral-red wedges over the sink, I indulge, instead, in the anticipation of pleasure, imagining how, when I finally get to it, the melon's singular watery crunchiness-- it is a cousin of the cucumber-- and its copious juiciness will be sorbet-like on the tongue, as fresh and awakening as a glass of soda.”
Quote by Caroline Eden
Work
Cold Kitchen: A Year of Culinary Travels
Browse quotes and source details for this work. more
Author
You May Also Like
“Ain't no decent woman ever had that many husbands to die from natural causes.”
Source: Chips of Red Paint
Source: The Women of Wild Hill
Source: Enchanted
“Her heart was an invalid convinced that it would not survive many more sunsets.”
Source: Enchanted
“Any other brushes with insanity you haven't thought to mention?”
Source: Enchanted
“There are many things wrong with you. A hangover just isn't one of them.”
Source: Enchanted
Source: Anathem
Source: Enchanted
“We're needed to save an innocent barrel of wine from a lecherous duke's son.”
Source: Enchanted