“They say that a good cook can ignite sparks by the way he kisses. The way I see, just because a guy can turn on the stove doesn't necessarily make him a good cook.” WayGuyTurnsKissingCookingCooksSparksTurn-onIgniteStovesGood Cook Author:Stefanie Powers
“Eggs are very much like small boys. If you overheat them or over beat them, they will turn on you and no amount of future love will right the wrong.” IfsTurnsBoysFoodAmountBeatsCookingEggsCulinaryTurn-onFuture Love Author:Irena Chalmers
“No dish changes quite so much from season to season as soup. Summer's soups come chilled, in pastel colors strewn with herbs. If hot they are sheer insubstantial broths afloat with seafood. In winter they turn steaming and thick to serve with slabs of rustic, crusty bread.” IfsTurnsFoodColorSummerSeasonsHotCookingWinterBreadCulinaryThickDishesSheerSoupHerbsSeafoodRusticChilledPastelSlabs Author:Florence Fabricant
“When evening quickens in the street, comes a pause in the day's occupation that is known as the cocktail hour. It marks the lifeward turn. The heart wakens from coma and its dyspnea ends. Its strengthening pulse is to cross over into campground, to believe that the world has not been altogether lost or, if lost, then not altogether in vain.” IfsWorldBelieveHeartEndsTurnsLostHoursKnownStreetsFoodCrossesMarkCookingEveningVainCulinaryOccupationPausesPulseCocktailsStrengtheningComa Author:Bernard DeVoto
“To cook, and to do it well, every talent must be used; the strength of a prize-fighter, the imagination of a poet, the brain of an empire builder, the patience of Job, the eye and the touch of an artist, and, to turn your mistakes into edible assets, the cleverness of a politician.” WellsEyeJobsUsedArtistTurnsImaginationMistakeBrainTalentPoetPoliticianCookingFighterCooksEmpiresPrizeAssetsClevernessBuilder Author:Anne Ellis