Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 11, 2013

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Simon de Swaan, Simon Says, The Rambling Epicure, SwitzerlandSimon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 11, 2013

by Simon de Swaan

Don’t take any recipe on faith.  There are some hostile recipes in this world.–Peg Bracken

One might say Ruth Eleanor “Peg” Bracken was an “anti-housewife”. She did what was necessary to take care of her family, who she loved very much, but did her chores “as seldom as possible.” Bracken wrote a series of humorous books on cooking, housekeeping, etiquette and travel, always conveying her point of view in a witty manner, which many housewives of the 60s related to. Her most well-known book out of the nine she wrote is the 1960 The I Hate to Cook Book. Bracken is quoted often.

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Simon de Swaan is Food and Beverage Director at the Four Seasons hotel in New York City. He studied at the Culinary Institute of America and has an incredible collection of antique cookbooks and books about food and eating, from which he often posts interesting and unusual quotes. In his column Simon Says, he gives us daily food quotes from his tomes.

 

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