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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, November 3, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, November 3, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

If you don’t eat yer meat, you can’t have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat yer meat?–Pink Floyd, “Another Brick in the Wall,” Part II (1979)

Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially successful and influential rock music groups of all time.

Click here to listen to a video of the song.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, November 2, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration.–Charles Dudley Warner, My Summer in a Garden (1871)

Charles Dudley Warner was an American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain, with whom he co-authored the novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, November 1, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, November 1, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

A woman should never be seen eating or drinking unless it be lobster salad and champagne, the only truly feminine and becoming viands.–Lord Byron, 1812

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, FRS, commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Amongst Byron’s best-known works are the short poems “George Gordon Byron,” “She Walks in Beauty,” and “When We Two Parted,” in addition to the narrative poems So, we’ll go no more a roving and Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. He is regarded as one of the greatest English poets.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, October 31, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, October 31, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.–Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler was a Victorian author who published a variety of works. Two of his most famous pieces are the Utopian satire Erewhon and a semi-autobiographical novel published posthumously, The Way of All Flesh. Butler also made prose translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey which remain in use to this day.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, October 26, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

To safeguard one’s health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness indeed.–La Rochefoucauld, 1678

François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac, was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs. His literary work consists of three parts: his Memoirs, the Maximes and his letters.

His importance as a social and historical figure is perhaps overshadowed by his importance to literature. He is often referred to as the “master of eloquent melancholy,” because he was known for his dark views of life, and for leading what were perhaps the first salons in Paris.

Wendell Berry on Small-scale Farming in Good Times and Bad

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

Quote from Wendell Berry‘s Bringing it to the Table, On Farming and Food, introduction by Michael Pollan

In the time when my memories begin –the late 1930s — people in the country did not go around empty-handed as much as they do now. As I remember them from that time, farm people on the way somewhere characteristically had buckets or kettles or baskets in their hands, sometimes sacks on their shoulders.

Those were hard times — not unusual in our agricultural history — and so a lot of the fetching and carrying had to do with foraging, searching the fields and woods for nature’s free provisions: greens in the spring-time, fruits and berries in the summer, nuts in the fall. There was fishing in warm weather and hunting in cold weather; people did these things for food and for pleasure, not for “sport.” The economies of many households were small and thorough, and people took these season opportunities seriously.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, October 14, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, October 14, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit, it turns into wine, something Brussels sprouts never do.–P.J. O’Rourke, 1997

Patrick Jake “P. J.” O’Rourke (born November 14, 1947) is an American political satirist, journalist, writer, and author.

His latest book, Don’t Vote—It Just Encourages the Bastard, was published in September 2010. Both Time and The Wall Street Journal have called him “the funniest writer in America.”

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, October 12, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Good food is in effect the basis for true happiness.–Auguste Escoffier, c. 1912

French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer August Escoffier (1846 – 1935) popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods. He is a legendary figure among chefs and gourmands, and was one of the most important leaders in the development of modern French cuisine.

Three of Escoffier’s most noted career achievements are revolutionizing and modernizing the menu, the art of cooking, and the organization of the professional kitchen. Escoffier simplified the menu as it had been, writing the dishes down in the order in which they would be served (service à la Russe), referred to Russian style service. He also developed the first à la carte menu. His books are still used by culinary students and chefs alike.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, October 7, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, October 7, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Gluttony is a great fault; but we do not necessarily dislike a glutton. We only dislike the glutton when he becomes a gourmet — that is, we only dislike him when he not only wants the best for himself, but knows what is best for other people.–G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

C.K. Chesterton was a prolific English writer. In addition to writing poetry, plays, and philosophy, he also wrote literary and art criticism, biographies, fantasy fiction works and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the “prince of paradox.” He is well known for his reasoned apologetics, and even some of those who disagree with him have recognized the universal appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, October 3, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, October 3, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

No lyric poems live long or please many people which are written by drinkers of water.–Horace, 20 B.C.

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BCE – 27 November 8 BCE), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. Horace is generally considered to stand alongside Virgil and Ovid as one of the greatest poets of the Augustan Age.