A Literary Culinary Journal
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.”
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by Jonell Galloway
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.–Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, when India was still under the British Empire.
More commonly known as “Mahatma,” he “pioneered a belief in resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, based on total nonviolence. This concept helped India to gain independence, and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.”
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by Simón de SwaanAll cooks, like all great artists, must have an audience worth cooking for.–André Simon
André Louis Simon (1877 – 1970), born in France but married to an English woman, was the charismatic leader of the English wine trade for almost all of the first half of the 20th century. He became the grand old man of literate connoisseurship for a further 20 years.
His most distinguished book was The History of the Wine Trade in England from Roman Times to the End of the 17th Century, in three volumes (1906, 1907 and 1909).
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by Simón de Swaan
Americans, more than any other culture on earth, are cook-book cooks…–John Thorne
John Thorne is a culinary writer born in Quincy, Massachusetts, who has written a number of best-selling books on food history and culture, including The Outlaw and Pot on the Fire: Further Exploits of a Renegade Cook.
A graduate of Amherst College, he began to teach himself to cook frugally while living briefly in New York City’s Lower East Side, where he sought to become a writer of some sort as a very young man during the 1960s.
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by Simón de Swaan
Worrying about calories and cholesterol takes the fun out of food.–Julia Child
Julia Child was an American chef, author, and television personality. She is recognized for introducing French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, written in conjunction with written by Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle.
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by Simón de Swaan
No one can be wise on an empty stomach.–George Eliot
Mary Anne Evans, better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist and translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including and Daniel Deronda.
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by Simón de Swaan
I grow my own tomatoes every summer for the same reason I diet: it makes me feel righteous!–Bert Greene
Bert Greene was a cookbook author and food columnist. His food column for the New York Daily News ran from 1979 until his death in 1988, and was eventually syndicated.
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by Simón de Swaan
As he chops, cuts, slices, trims, shapes, or threads through the string, a butcher is as good a sight to watch as a dancer or a mime.–Colette
81 Years Of Style: French Writer Colette’s Never Ending Influence On Fashion was the surname of the French novelist and performer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. She is best known for her novel Gigi, upon which Lerner and Loewe based the stage and film musical comedies of the same title.
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by Simón de Swaan
Bread always falls on its buttered side.–English proverb
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Meet Jonell Galloway, a freelance writer and editor specialized in French cuisine. 
