As between the intolerable and the merely distasteful, I must choose the latter.

Chili is one of the great peasant foods. It is one of the few contributions America has made to world cuisine. Eaten with corn bread, sweet onion, sour cream, it contains all five of the elements deemed essential by the sages of the Orient: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, and bitter.

As between the intolerable and the merely distasteful, I must choose the latter.

A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality

Afraid? I can dodge folly without backing into fear.

I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best.

The only two kinds of books could earn an American writer a living are cookbooks and detective novels.