“Roast Beef, Medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. ... Roast Beef, Medium, is safe, and sane, and sure.” PhilosophyFoodSafeMediumsSaneBeefRoast BeefDining Table Book:Roast Beef, Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney Source: Roast Beef, Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney
“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.” PhilosophyCausesPartyFoodProduceEqualPhilosophicalCookingCompetitionRoundsFishesPhilosopherDinnerGenuineVainGentlemanCulinaryPeculiarDelicateTwelveCoastRelishFlavourEdinburgh Author:Walter Scott
“Unlike music or poetry or painting, food rouses no response in passionate and emotional youth. Only when the surge of the blood is quieted does gastronomy come into its own with philosophy and theology and the sterner delights of the mind.” MindDoePhilosophyBloodFoodYouthEmotionalPaintingResponsePassionateDelightTheologyNo Response Book:The Documents in the Case Source: The Documents in the Case