A complete lack of caution is perhaps one of the true signs of a real gourmet.

No yoga exercise, no meditation in a chapel filled with music will rid you of your blues better than the humble task of making your own bread.

On the other hand, a flaccid, moping, debauched mollusc, tired from too much love and loose-nerved from general world conditions, can be a shameful thing served raw upon the shell.

You may feel that you have eaten too much...But this pastry is like feathers - it is like snow. It is in fact good for you, a digestive!

A writing cook and a cooking writer must be bold at the desk as well as the stove.

Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.

At present, I myself do not know of any local witches or warlocks, but there are several people who seem to have an uncanny power over food.