“The Rhapsody is not a composition at all. It's a string of separate paragraphs stuck together - with a thin paste of flour and water... I don't think there has been such an inspired melodist on this earth since Tchaikovsky... but if you want to speak of a composer, that's another matter.” IfsThinkingWantHas BeensMatterEarthTogetherSpeakWaterInspiredStuckStringsComposerCompositionParagraphFlourTchaikovsky Author:Leonard Bernstein
“In a museum in London there is an exhibit called "The Value of Man": a long coffinlike box with lots of compartments where they've put starch phosphorus flour bottles of water and alcohol and big pieces of gelatin. I am a man like that.” MenLongBigsValuesWaterPiecesBoxesLondonAlcoholBottlesMuseumsExhibitsFlourPhosphorusGelatin Author:Stephane Mallarme
“My family dumplings are sleek and seductive, yet stout and masculine. They taste of meat, yet of flour. They are wet, yet they are dry. They have weight, but they are light. Airy, yet substantial. Earth, air, fire, water; velvet and elastic! Meat, wheat and magic! They are our family glory!” LightEarthWaterFireMagicAirFoodTasteGloryMy FamilyWeightCookingOur FamilyMeatDryCulinaryWetMasculineWheatSeductiveVelvetAiryFlourStoutDumplings Author:Robert P. T. Coffin