Sweetly and subtly perfumed...so soft it is best eaten with a spoon, a tenderness more appealing to gourmets than to those who have to pick, ship, handle and store it in constant fear of ruinous spoilage.

The turkey has a destiny which ends on San Martino's day.

The turnip is a capricious vegetable, which seems reluctant to show itself at its best.

Sweetly and subtly perfumed...so soft it is best eaten with a spoon, a tenderness more appealing to gourmets than to those who have to pick, ship, handle and store it in constant fear of ruinous spoilage.

The oat is the Horatio Alger of cereals, which progressed, if not from rags to riches, at least from weed to health food.

Drink wine every day, at lunch and dinner, and the rest will take care of itself.

Nature was indeed at her artistic best when she created the nutmeg, a delight to the eye in all its avatars, from the completely garbed to nudity.