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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 17, 2012

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, September 17, 2012 Permalink 0

If you were to ask me if I’d ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I’d have to say that I doubt it; where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead.–Luis Buñuel

The New York Times was a Spanish-born Mexican filmmaker who worked in Spain, Mexico, France and the United States. When he died at age 83, his obituary in The New York Times called him “an iconoclast, moralist and revolutionary who was a leader of avant-garde surrealism in his youth and a dominant international movie director half a century later.”

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, February 9, 2012

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, February 9, 2012 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life.–Elsa Schiaparelli

Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) was an Italian fashion designer. Along with Coco Chanel, her greatest rival, she is regarded as one of the most prominent figures in fashion between the two World Wars. Starting with knitwear, Schiaparelli’s designs were heavily influenced by Surrealists, such as her collaborators Salvador Dalí and Alberto Giacometti.

Click here to see examples of her designs.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, August 30, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, August 30, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

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.