“England and all civilised nations stand in deadly peril of not having enough to eat. As mouths multiply, food resources dwindle. Land is a limited quantity, and the land that will grow wheat is absolutely dependent on difficult and capricious natural phenomena... I hope to point a way out of the colossal dilemma. It is the chemist who must come to the rescue of the threatened communities. It is through the laboratory that starvation may ultimately be turned into plenty... The fixation of atmospheric nitrogen is one of the great discoveries, awaiting the genius of chemists.” WayMayEnoughScienceNationsGrowsDifficultCommunityNaturalLandFoodGeniusMouthsDiscoveryResourcesEnglandPlentyDependentQuantityRescueThreatenedPerilLaboratoryDilemmaStarvationWheatChemistColossalCapriciousCivilisedFixationNatural PhenomenaNitrogen Author:William Crookes
“I am going to learn to make bread tomorrow. So if you may imagine me with my sleeves rolled up, mixing flour, milk, saleratus, etc., with a deal of grace. I advise you if you dont know how to make the staff of life to learn with dispatch.” IfsKnowsMayDealsKnow HowGraceImagineFoodTomorrowBreadEtcMilkStaffAdviseSleevesMixingFlour Book:The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson Source: The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson
“Americans may be drinking fewer alcoholic beverages, but they are certainly eating more of them than ever before. Wittingly or un.” MayFoodEatingCookingDrinkingCulinaryFewerAlcoholicsBeverages Author:Marian Burros