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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, November 16, 2012

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, November 16, 2012 Permalink 0

The king and high priest of all the festivals was the autumn Thanksgiving. When the apples were all gathered and the cider was all made, and the yellow pumpkins were rolled in from many a hill in billows of gold, and the corn was husked, and the labors of the season were done, and the warm, late days of Indian Summer came in, dreamy, and calm, and still, with just enough frost to crisp the ground of a morning, but with warm traces of benignant, sunny hours at noon, there came over the community a sort of genial repose of spirit — a sense of something accomplished.–Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. Her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a depiction of life for African-Americans under slavery. It reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and United Kingdom. It energized anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, October 4, 2012

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, October 4, 2012 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Bad cooks — and the utter lack of reason in the kitchen – have delayed human development longest and impaired it most.–Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, 1886

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist. He is best known for saying, in his famous work Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, that “God is dead” and declaring that man, no longer “the image of God,” is a “chance product of a nature uninterested in purpose or value”.

An overview of Nietzsche’s philosophy…
Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 19, 2012
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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, October 2, 2012

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

The whole of nature is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and the passive.–William Ralph Inge, 1920

William Ralph Inge was an English author, Anglican priest, professor of divinity at Cambridge, and Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, which provided the appellation by which he was widely known, “Dean Inge.” Author of thirty-five books, he is best known of for his works on Plotinus and Christian Neoplatonic philosophy, and Christian mysticism.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 24, 2012

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, September 24, 2012 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.–Cato the Elder

Cato the Elder was a Roman statesman, referred to as “The Elder” to distinguish him from his great great grandson, Cato the Younger. Although a very distinguished statesman, he deserves more notice as an author of the first history of Rome, written in Latin.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 20, 2012

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by Simón de Swaan

Do not be afraid to talk about food. Food which is worth eating is worth discussing. And there is the occult power of words which somehow will develop its qualities.–X. Marcel Boulestin, Simple French Cooking for English Homes 1923

Xavier Marcel Boulestin was a French chef, restaurateur and the author of cookbooks that popularized French cuisine to the English-speaking world. The Restaurant Boulestin, known as the most expensive in London, opened in 1927. Its fame, and the long series of books and articles that Boulestin wrote, made him a celebrity. Among those influenced by Boulestin was the English cooking expert Elizabeth David, who praised Boulestin in her writings, and adopted many of his ideas.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 18, 2012

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, September 18, 2012 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.–Bette Davis (in the film Old Acquaintance)

Bette Davis was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas. Click here to see a trailer from her movie Old Acquaintance.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 17, 2012

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by Simón de Swaan

If you were to ask me if I’d ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I’d have to say that I doubt it; where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead.–Luis Buñuel

The New York Times was a Spanish-born Mexican filmmaker who worked in Spain, Mexico, France and the United States. When he died at age 83, his obituary in The New York Times called him “an iconoclast, moralist and revolutionary who was a leader of avant-garde surrealism in his youth and a dominant international movie director half a century later.”

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 4, 2012

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

“Shape is a good part of the fig’s delight.”–Jane Grigson

Jane Grigson was an English food writer. Grigson’s growing interest in food and cooking led to the writing of her first book, Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery (1967), which was translated into French, unusual for an English food writer. Elizabeth David read the book and was impressed by it, and recommended Grigson as a food columnist for The Observer, for which she wrote a column from 1968 until her death in 1990.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, August 2, 2012

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by Simón de Swaan

A chief maxim in dining with comfort is to have what you want when you want it.—Thomas Walker, The Original, 1835

Thomas Walker was a police magistrate and author. On 20 May 1835 he began publishing The Original, and continued it weekly until the following 2 Dec. It is a collection of his thoughts on many subjects, intended to raise “the national tone in whatever concerns us socially or individually,” but his admirable papers on health and gastronomy form the chief attraction of the work.

Daily Food Quote: April 27, 2012

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, April 27, 2012 Permalink 0

From “Channeling MFK Fisher: An Everlasting Meal, ” by Kurt Michael Friese, on Civil Eats

“In a time when we can all appreciate the value of frugality in the kitchen, when each of us can ring a wry smile from the Tuscan proverb she quotes: Si stava meglio quando si stava peggio (“We were better off when things were worse”), it is refreshing to know that with just a little effort, and a lot of love, delicious healthy meals are waiting to be awakened from their slumber in the back of the pantry.”