“Nell’alimentazione dell’ispettore la polenta aveva preso il posto del pane – e non solo. Mai provato polenta e Nutella? Sublime. E polenta e maionese? E polenta e melone? E polenta all’amatriciana? Fino al gesto più estremo di tutti: intingere la polenta nel caffè.”
Source: La primavera tarda ad arrivare
“Everywhere in the world, both historically and in contemporary cuisines, the use of flowers in food has been special and exceptional and the flowers themselves have always been included with intent and care, never accidentally or without purpose. Flowers are used in food by someone who cares about you, and who cares about the beauty of what you are about to eat.”
Source: Edible Flowers: A Global History
“Flowers are not typically found in everyday meals, so their deliberate inclusion in a dish makes that dish something special, a treat for the receiver. They send a message of freshness and of caring. In some cultures, specific flowers are ritually used to mark festivals and special occasions. In this way, their appearance in a dish elevates it to something beyond the ordinary. There can also be a health benefit to eating flowers. Since early times, traditional healers have studied the medicinal properties of a wide range of flowers, many of which are still found today in herbal remedies and supplements.”
Source: Edible Flowers: A Global History
“Edible flowers have many culinary uses. Sought after for their flavors, aromas, textures and colours, edible flowers are used fresh, frozen, dried, crystallized or as a foam - in molecular gastronomy - and appear in meat and fish dishes, pastas, salads, soups and desserts. Some common forms of edible flowers are found in garnishes, candied sweets, confits and jellies, pickled flowers or flower vinegars; flavourings such as essences and spice blends; food dyes and colourings; teas, infusions and tisanes; flavoured waters and syrups; and liquors, cordials, bitters, wine, beer and mead.”
Source: Edible Flowers: A Global History
“On the whole, “offenders” are foods we tend to eat compulsively, with less actual pleasure than you might think. Often they are poor versions of something better.”
Source: French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure
“Twenty years ago, the vast majority of persons, as we then wrote, had never tasted a really new-laid egg, and did not know what it was like: now many thousands do, and are willing to pay for it.”
Source: The Book Of Poultry: With Practical Schedules For Judging, Constructed From Actual Analysis Of The Best Modern Decisions
“When there will not remain any such thing which we like to eat, then there will not remain any such thing which we do not like to eat.”
Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization
“When many circumstances come together, one will get food to eat. When many circumstances come together, one will not get food to eat. One does not get food when many more circumstances come together. A greater number of circumstances are needed for an unfavorable situation, and less for favorable situation.”
Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization
“Does anyone come to New York clean? I'm afraid not. But crossing the Hudson I thought of crossing Lethe, milky river of forgetting.”
Source: Sweetbitter
“Marriage as a long conversation. - When marrying you should ask yourself this question: do you believe you are going to enjoy talking with this woman into your old age? Everything else in a marriage is transitory, but most of the time that you're together will be devoted to conversation.”
Source: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits