“If you're buying tomatoes pick them up and smell them-they should have a lovely perfume. They need to be kept at fifty degrees or above, particularly during the growing season, because that's when they develop their flavor.” IfsNeedsShouldGrowingDegreesPicksShould HaveSeasonsSmellLovelyFiftyBuyingFlavorPerfumeTomatoes Author:Julia Child
“The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended; and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren. How many thing by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection!” IfsThinkingShouldWould BeMusicianPerfectionSeasonsPraiseCrowGeeseNightingalesLarksWrens Author:William Shakespeare
“Youth is the season of receptivity, and should be devoted to acquirement; and manhood of power--that demands an earnest application. Old age is for revision.” ShouldAgeYouthDemandSeasonsOld AgeApplicationDevotedManhoodEarnestRevisionReceptivity Book:Summaries of Thought Source: Summaries of Thought
“When you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the same day, if possible; if not, then certainly the next day. When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone, you should summon your overseer the next day, and should call for a report of what work has been done in good season and why it has not been possible to complete the rest, and what wine and corn and other crops have been gathered.” IfsShouldHas BeensCountryDoneNextHouseFieldsSeasonsRemainsWineRoundsReportsFarmsHouseholdNext DayCornCropsUndoneCountry Houses Book:Delphi Complete Works of Cato the Elder (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Cato the Elder (Illustrated)