Portal:Food/2007 Quote of the Month archive
June
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)
July
"A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch."
James Beard
August
“Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture.”
Mark Kurlansky 'Choice Cuts' (2002)
September
“I hate people who are not serious about their meals."
Oscar Wilde
October
“I looked for waiting staff, but the room was so big that they were probably obscured by the curvature of the earth."
Joy Rayner on the Corinthian, Glasgow
November
“Food is never just something to eat."
Margaret Visser
December
“With good bread the coarsest fare is tolerable; without it, the most luxurious table is not comfortable."
Mary Cornelius, in The Young Housekeeper's Friend (1854)