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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, November 10, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, November 10, 2011 Permalink 0

A great step toward independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.–Seneca, c. 60

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca) (c. 4 BC – 65 AD) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and, in one work, humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later an adviser to Emperor Nero. While he was later forced to commit suicide for alleged complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate Nero, the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors, he may have been innocent. His father was Seneca the Elder and his older brother was Gallio.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, November 9, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, November 9, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Hors d’oeuvres have always a pathetic interest for me; they remind me of one’s childhood that one goes through wondering what the next course is going to be like – and during the rest of the menu one wishes one had eaten more of the hors d’oeuvres.–Saki, 1904

(18 December 1870 – 13 November 1916), better known by his pen name Saki, and frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, November 8, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, November 8, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

VIII. The table is the only place where man is never bored for the first hour.–Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin was a French lawyer and politician, and gained fame as an epicure and gastronome. His famous work, Physiologie du goût (Physiology of Taste), was published in December 1825. The full title is Physiologie du Goût, ou Méditations de Gastronomie Transcendante; ouvrage théorique, historique et à l’ordre du jour, dédié aux Gastronomes parisiens, par un Professeur, membre de plusieurs sociétés littéraires et savantes. The book has never been out of print since it first appeared, two months before Brillat-Savarin’s death. Its most notable English translation was done by food writer and critic M.F.K. Fisher, who remarked, “I hold myself blessed among translators.” Her translation was first published in 1949.

The Rambling Epicure is now available on your Smartphone!

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, November 7, 2011 Permalink 0

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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, November 7, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, November 7, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.–Adam Smith, 1776

Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, generally referred to by its shortened title “The Wealth of Nations,” is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1776, it is a reflection on economics at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and argues that free market economies are more productive and beneficial to their societies. The book is a fundamental work in classical economics.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, November 4, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, November 4, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public. Nothing more contradicts the laws of man or beast, for animals always do each other the honor of sharing or disputing each other’s food.–Jean Baudrillard, 1986

French theorist Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007) was one of the foremost intellectual figures in modern history. His work combines philosophy, social theory, and an idiosyncratic cultural metaphysics that reflects on key events of phenomena of the period.

Editorial: Why I don’t like French salads

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

by Jonell Galloway

We all know what a Francophile I am, especially when it comes to food and wine.

But there is ONE thing the French do which really gets on my nerves!

In the first place, rare is the restaurant that uses good lettuce. Mesclun is considered some kind of luxury, and now that I’ve lived in Switzerland, I’m accustomed to eating the wild greens and mesclun fresh from the mountains. So the supermarket lettuce in France is really not to my liking.

The other thing that really annoys me is that they just throw a bit of mesclun on top of the salad, and the bowl is invariably too small to allow one to mix the greens and the vinaigrette without spilling it out onto the table, so I inevitably end up feeling like a klutz.

Of course, Julia Child’s Niçoise salad, when made with top quality, fresh, local ingredients, is impeccable. Ironically and unfortunately, Nice is about the hardest place to find a good Niçoise. The tomatoes are invariably hothouse from Holland, even in the middle of the summer, and the green beans are frozen in the height of the green bean season.

My conclusion is that French restaurants most often just throw salads together, and don’t consider it real cuisine, so they can’t be bothered. But if you really like or yearn for a salad, this is disappointing, especially since the salads are overpriced, as if they were “real” cuisine.

David Downie: Genoa’s Port and Medieval Backstreets

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

by David Downie

The port city by definition, Genoa was made to be seen from the Mediterranean and entered by sea. If you arrive by plane, train, bus or car you miss the full effect. The best way to counter this is to take a ferry boat ride from the harbor, or arrive by cruise ship. The second best way is to walk from Porto Antico — the old harbor — to the end of the piers or the Lanterna, a lighthouse that’s about 800 years old.

Look back at old Genoa and be amazed.

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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.

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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.