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“Without peanuts, it isn't a cocktail party.”

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Author:Julia Child

“A Finnan haddock has a relish of a peculiar and delicate flavour, inimitable on any other coast than that of Aberdeenshire. Some of our Edinburgh philosophers tried to produce their equal in vain. I was one of a party at dinner where the philosophical haddocks were placed in competition with the genuine Finnan fish. These were served round without distinguishing whence they came; but only one gentleman out of twelve present espoused the cause of philosophy.”

“There must be some good in the cocktail party to account for its immense vogue among otherwise sane people.”

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Author:E. W. Howe

“Some people have family crests, lions, tigers, unicorns, elephants - a whole menagerie - and if my family had a crest, you know what would be on it? A blintze. I mean it. All the good things in my life are measured in blintzes because by us it's not a party if there isn't a blintze.”

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Author:Gertrude Berg

“At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.”

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Author:W. Somerset Maugham

“Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.”

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Author:Elsa Maxwell

“After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.”

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Author:P. J. O'Rourke

“A party without cake is really just a meeting.”

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Author:Julia Child

“Beer is not a good cocktail-party drink, especially in a home where you don't know where the bathroom is.”

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Author:Billy Carter

“The best number for a dinner party is two; myself and a damn good head waiter.”

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Author:Nubar Gulbenkian

“From time immemorial, soups and broths have been the worldwide medium for utilizing what we call the kitchen byproducts or as the French call them, the 'dessertes de la table' (leftovers), or 'les parties interieures de la bete', such as head, tail, lights, liver, knuckles and feet.”

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Author:Louis Pullig De Gouy

“Soup is cuisine's kindest course. It breathes reassurance; it steams consolation; after a weary day it promotes sociability, as the five o'clock cup of tea or the cocktail hour.”

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Book:The Soup Book: 770 Recipes

Source: The Soup Book: 770 Recipes

“Soup is to the meal, what the hostesses smile of welcome is to the party. A prelude to the goodness to come.”

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Book:The Soup Book: 770 Recipes

Source: The Soup Book: 770 Recipes

“All worries are less with wine.”

Book:Wealth of Words

Source: Wealth of Words