“After dessert we sipped on strong cups of tea, one of the luxuries we can afford to take for granted here in the trade routes. "Delightful," she said. "If only for a little cream." "Don't speak to me of cream,… — Eli Brown Copy Share Image
“I now have some intimacy with death, and like the hops in a beer, it has both embittered and fortified me.” — Eli Brown Copy Share Image
“As it ferments, kraut whispers alchemical secrets. In two days, it will smell as agreeable as an old pillow still warm from night’s use.… — Eli Brown Copy Share Image
“The proper way is lost to me; my compass spins. I therefore give my entire attention to those works that seem to me most… — Eli Brown Copy Share Image
“Some foods are so comforting, so nourishing of body and soul, that to eat them is to be home again after a long journey.… — Eli Brown Copy Share Image
“Such is the indomitable spirit of saffron that even after years stale on my chest, it brought the rice to life with flavor and… — Eli Brown Copy Share Image
“We are surrounded by monsters," she said. "We can cower before them or we can pick one and sink our teeth in with the… — Eli Brown Copy Share Image
“Never have I seen such a motley assemblage of characters. Except that we are at sea, I would believe that I had been abducted… — Eli Brown Copy Share Image
“Without another word, we began to eat. I was hungry, but no appetite would excuse the way we set upon those dishes. We shoveled… — Eli Brown Copy Share Image
“I write here all I can, yet cannot express the fatigue I collapse under each night, worn to the bone with worry. I feel… — Eli Brown Copy Share Image
