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“Cold soup is a very tricky thing and it is a rare hostess who can carry it off. More often than not the dinner guest is left with the impression that had he only come a little earlier he could have gotten it while it was still hot.”

Littles Stills Left Food Cold Hot Dinner Impression Guests Soup Tricky Hostesses Dinner Guests Hot Soup

Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“Scotch Whisky is about the only thing left that is guaranteed to bring comfort to mankind.”

Left Mankind Food Comfort Cooking Culinary Scotch Whisky Scotch Whisky

Author:Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby

“The fricassee with dumplings is made by a Mrs. Miller whose husband has left her four times on account of her disposition and returned four times on account of her cooking.”

Made Left Four Food Husband Accounts Cooking Culinary Disposition Dumplings

Book:Some Buried Caesar

Source: Some Buried Caesar

“It is always wise to make too much potato salad. Even if you are cooking for two, make enough for five. Potato salad improves with age - that is, if you are lucky enough to have any left over.”

Ifs Two Enough Age Left Five Too Much Wise Food Lucky Cooking Potatoes Salad Potato Salad

Author:Laurie Colwin

“When there is very little else left to believe in, one can still believe in an honest loaf of fragrant, home-baked bread.”

Believe Littles Stills Home Left Honest Food Bread Baking

Book:The Vegetarian Epicure: 262 Recipes

Source: The Vegetarian Epicure: 262 Recipes

“Over the years since I left home, I have kept thinking about the people I grew up with and about our way of life. I realize how much the bond that held us had to do with food.”

People Thinking Way Years Home Left Realizing Family Food Grew Grew Up

Book:The Taste of Country Cooking: 30th Anniversary Edition

Source: The Taste of Country Cooking: 30th Anniversary Edition

“We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on the farm or in the hometown left behind.”

Persons Culture Left Behinds Food Taste Longing Simplicity Enjoyed Farms Appetite Left Behind Hometown Good Taste Bundles

Author:Clementine Paddleford

“For the millions of us who live glued to computer keyboards at work and TV monitors at home, food may be more than entertainment. It may be the only sensual experience left.”

May Home Left Millions Food Tvs Computer Entertainment Sensual Keyboards Computer Keyboards

Author:Barbara Ehrenreich

“Ketchup left overnight on dinner plates has a longer half-life than radioactive waste.”

Left Half Food Waste Computer Cooking Dinner Culinary Plates Ketchup Half Life Radioactive Waste Dinner Plates

Author:Wes Smith

“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”