Favourite Foodie Quotes
November 5th 2010 11:21
A post dedicated to the literary side of cooking.
'No restaurants. The means of consoling oneself: reading cookbooks.' Baudelaire
'What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander, but it is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey or the Guinea hen.' Alice B. Toklas.
'In cooking as in all the arts, simplicity is the sign of perfection.' Curnonsky
'Grub first, then ethics.' Brecht.
'All human history attests. That happiness for man - the hungry sinner!
Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner.' Lord Byron.
'There is no love sincerer than the love of food.' George Bernard Shaw.
'Progress in civilisation has been accompanied by progress in cookery.'
Fannie Farmer
'Never eat more than you can lift.' Miss Piggy.
'Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.' Chaucer
'I hate people who are no serious about their meals.' Oscar Wilde
'Poultry is for the cook what canvas is for the painter.' Brillat-Savarin
'Pray for peace and grace and spiritual food. For wisdom and guidance, for all these are good. But don't forget the potatoes.'
John Tyler Petee
'No restaurants. The means of consoling oneself: reading cookbooks.' Baudelaire
'What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander, but it is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey or the Guinea hen.' Alice B. Toklas.
'In cooking as in all the arts, simplicity is the sign of perfection.' Curnonsky
'Grub first, then ethics.' Brecht.
'All human history attests. That happiness for man - the hungry sinner!
Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner.' Lord Byron.
'There is no love sincerer than the love of food.' George Bernard Shaw.
'Progress in civilisation has been accompanied by progress in cookery.'
Fannie Farmer
'Never eat more than you can lift.' Miss Piggy.
'Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.' Chaucer
'I hate people who are no serious about their meals.' Oscar Wilde
'Poultry is for the cook what canvas is for the painter.' Brillat-Savarin
'Pray for peace and grace and spiritual food. For wisdom and guidance, for all these are good. But don't forget the potatoes.'
John Tyler Petee
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