Allison Strine is a former television editor turned painter. Her aim is to create art that gives pleasure to others. Read more about her work here.
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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, June 15, 2012
by Simon de Swaan
All cooks, like all great artists, must have an audience worth cooking for.–André Simon
André Simon was a wine merchant, gourmet, and prolific writer about wine. Hugh Johnson describes him as “the charismatic leader of the English wine trade for almost all of the first half of the 20th century, and the grand old man of literate connoisseurship for a further 20 years.”
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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 15, 2011
by Simón de Swaan
When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.–Aristophanes, 424 BC
Aristophanes was a Greek comic writer and the son of Philippus. Most of his plays were political satires highlighting the troubles in Athens during that period. Many were performed at festivals, and were watched and voted for by the people. Unfortunately, out of the 40 plays he wrote, only 11 survive today.
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Food News Daily: August 23, 2011
Mainstream Anglo Media and Press
Alice Waters, founder of American Slow Food Movement & Owner of Chez Panisse, which Turns 40 Today
Happy 40th Birthday Chez Panisse: Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse built on simple success, San Francisco Chronicle
Fish kill cleanup a smelly job after Louisiana paper mill spill, Reuters
Japanese cuisine is loaded with anti-oxidants, vitamins and minerals, The Times of India
Preaching a Healthy Diet in the Deep-Fried Delta, The New York Times
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David Downie: Burgundy: Grapes No Gripes
by David Downie
From Burgundy, land of emerald pastures, grapevines, giant white cows, and looping two-lane roads where tractors stop for crossing snails or lost chickens…no joke…
Somehow the wildflowers found their way into our watering can (made of plastic). We made about 10 bouquets for the house, and for friends, and put the rest in buckets and…watering cans…
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