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“Slaves were taught to be fine chefs, but they endangered their lives if they made a mistake or served an ill-prepared dish. Rather than being reprimanded, they were often hauled into the dining room and flogged in the presence of the guests.”

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Author:Jeff Smith

“What comforted me? That is easy. It was a strong cold chicken jelly so very, very thick. My mother's Chinese cook would fix it. He would cook it down, condense it-this broth with all sorts of feet in it, then it would gell into sheer bliss. It kept me alive once for three weeks when I was ill as a child. And I've always craved it since.”

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Author:James Beard

“Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.”

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Author:William Shakespeare

“Do you have a kinder, more adaptable friend in the food world than soup? Who soothes you when you are ill? Who refuses to leave you when you are impoverished and stretches its resources to give a hearty sustenance and cheer? Who warms you in the winter and cools you in the summer? Yet who also is capable of doing honor to your richest table and impressing your most demanding guests? Soup does its loyal best, no matter what undignified conditions are imposed upon it. You don't catch steak hanging around when you're poor and sick, do you?”

“If penicillin can cure those that are ill, Spanish sherry can bring the dead back to life.”

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Author:Alexander Fleming

“The difference between a gourmet and a gourmand we take to be this: a gourmet is he who selects, for his nice and learned delectation, the most choice delicacies, prepared in the most scientific manner; whereas the gourmand bears a closer analogy to that class of great eaters ill-naturedly (we dare say) denominated, or classed with, aldermen.”

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Book:Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections

Source: Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections

“It is as bad as bad can be: it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest.”

Author:Samuel Johnson

“Many a death was precipitated by the food, the job, or the medication whose main function was to postpone it.”