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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, August 30, 2011

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The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.–Luis Buñuel

Luis Buñuel, (1900-1983) Spanish filmmaker, who along with Salvador Dali, made a 16-minute short film, “The Andalusian Dog,” that was enthusiastically received by the French Surrealist movement. He met Salvador Dali and Federico Garcia Lorca in university, and their work continued to influence his own throughout his life. Click here to watch the film.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, August 29, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, August 29, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simon de Swaan

He who eats alone chokes alone.–Arab proverb, unknown author

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, August 26, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, August 26, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simon de Swaan

What is a man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning, with infinite artfulness, the red wine of Shiraz into urine?–Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke, 1943

Karen Blixen was a Danish writer who wrote under the pseudo name Isak Dinesen. She was married to her Swedish second cousin, the Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke. She is best known for her book Out of Africa about her time living on her coffee plantation in the hills of Kenya, and for her short story “Babette’s Feast,” both of which were adapted into Academy Award-winning films.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, August 22, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, August 22, 2011 Permalink 0

Those who have a profound indifference to the pleasures of the table are generally gloomy, charmless and unamiable.–Lucien Tendret

Lucien Tendret (1825-1896) was a French lawyer and gastronome, and great nephew of Brillat-Savarin.

French Food Quote: Daily Food Quote, August 18, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, August 18, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces – just good food from fresh ingredients.–Julia Child (1912 – 2004)

Julia Child, (1912 – 2004), American cookbook writer, TV personality and tremendous contributor to the food world, introduced Americans to the techniques of French cooking with her classic book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volumes I and II.

Julia Child brought French food to post-war America. When her husband Paul was posted to Paris, she studied at L’Ecole du Cordon Bleu, and went on to form her own cooking school with fellow students Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle. The threesome went on to write the 2-volume classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking, which covered all the basic techniques and dishes of classic French cuisine.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, August 18, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, August 18, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

We didn’t starve, but we didn’t eat chicken unless we were sick, or the chicken was.–Bernard Malamud (1914-1986)

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Bernard Malamud is considered one of the most prominent figures in Jewish-American literature, a movement that originated in the 1930s and is known for its tragicomic elements. Malamud’s stories and novels, in which reality and fantasy are frequently interlaced, have been compared to parables, myths, and allegories, and often illustrate the importance of moral obligation. Along with Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, he was one of the great American Jewish authors of the 20th century. His 1966 novel The Fixer, about anti-Semitism in Tsarist Russia, won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, August 17, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, August 17, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

On a hot day in Virginia, I know nothing more comforting than a fine spiced pickle, brought up trout-like from the sparkling depths of the aromatic jar below the stairs of Aunt Sally’s cellar.—Thomas Jefferson, 3^rd President of The United States of America

At the age of 33, Thomas Jefferson (1743 to 1826) drafted the Declaration of Independence. More a writer than an orator, he was elected President in 1800, serving two terms. Monticello, his house on the hill outside Washington, D.C., is known for its beautiful views over the Potomac and the surrounding countryside.

Click here to read his official biography on the White House website.

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French Food Quote: Daily Food Quote, August 16, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

Noncooks think it’s silly to invest two hours’ work in two minutes’ enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.–Julia Child

Julia Child, (1912 – 2004), American cookbook writer, TV personality and tremendous contributor to the food world, introduced Americans to the techniques of French cooking with her classic book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volumes I and II.

Julia Child brought French food to post-war America. When her husband Paul was posted to Paris, she studied at L’Ecole du Cordon Bleu, and went on to form her own cooking school with fellow students Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle. The threesome went on to write the 2-volume classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking, which covered all the basic techniques and dishes of classic French cuisine.

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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, August 11, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, August 11, 2011 Permalink 0

Cover of "The Importance of Being Earnest...

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by Simón de Swaan

You can’t possibly ask me to go without having some dinner. It’s absurd. I never go without my dinner. No one ever does, except vegetarians and people like that.–Oscar Wilde

Quote by Oscar Wilde, in “The Importance of Being Earnest” (1895).

The “ Importance of Being Earnest”, said to be “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play’s major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways.

The official Oscar Wilde website can be viewed here.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, August 9, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, August 9, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe.–Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan (1934-1996), best known for his 13-part television series Cosmos, was an American astronomer and popular science writer. His motto was, “Our mission is to awaken the broadest possible public to the wonders of nature as revealed by science.”

Click here to see an excerpt of his television show.