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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, August 15, 2011

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Green beans, or string beans as they are usually called, must be done [boiled] till very tender — it takes nearly an hour and a half.—Sarah Josepha Hale, The Good Housekeeper (1839)

Sarah Josepha Hale was an American writer and editor who wrote the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” She is also known for campaigning for the creation of the Thanksgiving holiday, and Hale served as editor of Ladies’ Magazine from 1827-1836 and Godey’s Lady’s Book from 1837-1877.

Click here to listen to “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, July 6, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, July 6, 2011 Permalink 0

Summer cooking implies a sense of immediacy, a capacity to capture the essence of the fleeting moment.–Elizabeth David

Elizabeth David, food writer (1913-1992) who helped to change the way Britain saw food. Many of her books are available in the Penguin classics series.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, June 6, 2011

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by Sim ón de Swaan

I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It’s amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor.–D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)

D. H. Lawrence was an English novelist, poet, playwright and literary critic, best known for his novels Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, and Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Read more on the official D. H. Lawrence website.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, April 15, 2011

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by Sim ón de Swaan

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.–Luciano Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti (12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. Click here to listen to Pavarotti.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, March 14, 2011

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by Sim ón de Swaan

Hunger is the best sauce in the world. / La mejor salsa del mundo es la hambre.–Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)

Spanish poet, playwright and novelist whose most famous work Don Quixote or Don Quijote de la Mancha is considered to be the first novel.

Click here to listen to Placido Domingo singing Man of La Mancha.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, April 12, 2011

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by Sim ón de Swaan

What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.–Katherine Hepburn, American actress and winner of four Academy Awards, perhaps best known for the film The African Queen where she played opposite Humphrey Bogart.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, April 11, 2011

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by Sim ón de Swaan

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper, and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.–Brendan Francis Behan, Irish author (1923-1964) who among other works, wrote the plays The Quare Fellow (1954) and The Hostage (1958)

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, April 5, 2011

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by Sim ón de Swaan

Iced tea is too pure and natural a creation not to have been invented as soon as tea, ice, and hot weather crossed paths.–John Egerton, American journalist and authority on Southern Food as well as the history of the American South.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quotes, April 4, 2011

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by Sim ón de Swaan

Oranges and lemons,
Say the bells of St. Clement’s.

You owe me five farthings,
Say the bells of St. Martin’s.

When will you pay me?
Say the bells of Old Bailey.

When I grow rich,
Say the bells of Shoreditch.

A traditional English nursery rhyme and singing game that refers to church bells around London.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, March 30, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simon de Swaan

Anybody can make you enjoy the first bite of a dish, but only a real chef can make you enjoy the last.–Francois Minot, Editor, Michelin restaurant guide