“And what shall I tell you, lady, of the natural secrets I have discovered while cooking? And I often say, when observing these details: had Aristotle prepared victuals, he would have written more.” NaturalSecretWrittenFoodCookingPreparedDetailsCulinaryObserving Author:Juana Inés de la Cruz
“RAREBIT n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom it may be solemnly explained that the comestible known as toad-in-a-hole is really not a toad, and that riz-de-veau à la financière is not the smile of a calf prepared after the recipe of a she banker.” MayKnownFoodSpeechCookingPreparedHolesCulinaryRecipesRabbitsBankersCalvesToadsWelsh Author:Ambrose Bierce
“She set about preparing her supper. It would have to be one of those classically simple meals, the sort that French peasants are said to eat and that enlightened English people sometimes enjoy rather self-consciously - a crusty French loaf, cheese, and lettuce and tomatoes from the garden. Of course there should have been wine and a lovingly prepared dressing of oil and vinegar, but Dulcie drank orange squash and ate mayonnaise that came from a bottle.” PeopleShouldHas BeensSaidSelfSometimesCoursesEnjoySimpleFoodGardenShould HaveCookingWinePreparedOilMealsEnlightenedCulinaryBottlesCheesePreparingOrangeDressingsDrankPeasantsShould Have BeenTomatoesSupperSquashVinegarLettuceMayonnaiseOil And Vinegar Author:Barbara Pym
“Prepared and fast foods have given us the time and freedom to see cooking as an art form - a form of creative expression.” ArtFormGivenCreativeFoodExpressionCookingPreparedFast FoodCreative Expression Author:Jeff Smith
“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.” IfsMadeRoomsMistakeFoodTaughtFineSlavePreparedIllGuestsDishesChefMade A MistakeDiningDining Rooms Author:Jeff Smith
“He who receives his friends and gives no personal attention to the meal which is being prepared for them, is not worthy of having friends.” GivingAttentionFoodPreparedWorthyMealsNot Worthy Author:Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
“Beans are highly nutritious and satisfying, they can also be delicious if and when properly prepared, and they posses over all vegetables the great advantage of being just as good, if not better, when kept waiting, an advantage in the case of people whose disposition or occupation makes it difficult for them to be punctual at mealtime.” PeopleIfsWaitingDifficultCasesFoodAdvantageCookingPreparedCulinaryOccupationSatisfyingVegetablesDispositionDeliciousBeansIfs AndPunctualPosse Author:Andre Simon
“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.” ChoicesCultureDifferencesClassNiceFoodBearsCookingPreparedIllDareCulinaryAnalogiesDelicacyGourmetGourmet Food Book:Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections Source: Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections
“Food probably has a very great influence on the condition of men. Wine exercises a more visible influence, food does it more slowly but perhaps just as surely. Who knows if a well-prepared soup was not responsible for the pneumatic pump or a poor one for a war?” IfsKnowsMenWellsDoeWarPoorInfluenceConditionsFoodInspireHealthExerciseResponsibleWinePreparedVisibleSoupPumpsGreat Influence Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg
“Peace begins in the kitchens and pantries, gardens and backyards, where our food is grown and prepared. The energies of nature and the infinite universe are absorbed through the foods we eat and are transmuted into our thoughts and actions.” ActionUniverseEnergyPeaceNatureFoodGardenInfinitePreparedKitchenChefOur ThoughtsAbsorbingBackyardsThoughts And ActionsTransmutationPantryInfinite Universe Author:Michio Kushi