-- Paul Gauguin
What does cookery mean? It means the knowledge of
Medea and of Circe,
and of Calypso, and Sheba. It means knowledge of all
herbs, and fruits, and
balms and spices... It means the economy of your
great-grandmother and the
science of modern chemistry, and French art, and
Arabian hospitality. It
means, in fine, that you are to see imperatively that
everyone has something
nice to eat.
-- John Ruskin
In cooking, as in the arts, simplicity is a sign of
perfection.
-- Curnonsky
Watch a French housewife as she makes her way
slowly along the
loaded stalls… searching for the peak of ripeness and flavor…
What
you are seeing is a true artist at work, patiently assembling
all the
materials of her craft, just as the painter squeezes oil colors
onto his
palette ready to create a masterpiece.
-- Keith Floyd
If the divine creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite
things to eat, the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them
with
ceremony.
-- Fernand Point
