Food Quotes by Francine Segan

“...fundamental Italian cookery rule that less is more!”

— Francine Segan

“Children and fried food; the more you make, the better they come out.”

— Francine Segan

“Cauliflower Chowder SERVES 4 TO 6 VERJUICE, THE JUICE of unripe grapes now available in most gourmet grocers, adds a lovely touch…

— Francine Segan

“Place a mound of the onion in the center of each plate and top with a piece of salmon. Drizzle the remaining…

— Francine Segan

“The original recipe calls for “periwinkles,” the snail-like mollusk. Taking poetic and culinary license, I chose to reinterpret this ingredient as the…

— Francine Segan

“Crisp Fried Baby Artichokes SERVES 4 Green indeed is the colour of lovers … LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, 1.2 IN SHAKESPEARE’S TIME artichokes were…

— Francine Segan

“PEASE PORRIDGE in the pot, nine days old” fairly well summarizes the technique of stew preparation in Shakespeare’s day. A thick soup…

— Francine Segan

“Renaissance Rice Balls SERVES 10 (APPROXIMATELY 36 RICE BALLS) RICE BALLS like these, today known as “arancine,” or little oranges, are still…

— Francine Segan

“ORIGINAL RECIPE: To make pursses or Cremitaries Take a little mary, small raysons, and Dates, let the stones bee taken away, these…

— Francine Segan

“Oddly, recipes came with warnings that to eat reheated cabbage was fatal. “Twice cooked cabbage is death,” an ancient adage popular in…

— Francine Segan

“A curious fact surfaces in reading these Elizabethan cookbooks. The English did not thicken their sauces with flour. According to some scholars,…

— Francine Segan

“THIS FRENCH-INFLUENCED dish calls for “lemon cut in square peeces like dice,” which makes a beautiful and flavorful addition to the sauce.…

— Francine Segan

“Carbonado was a method of cutting and notching meat for more even cooking. The term was derived from carbone, the Italian for…

— Francine Segan

“Dried Plums with Wine and Ginger–Zest Crostini SERVES 8 TO 10 Sir, she came in great with child; and longing, saving your…

— Francine Segan

“Spring Pea Tortellini SERVES 8 TO 10 (APPROXIMATELY 80 TORTELLINI) … and I remember the wooing of a peascod instead of her, from…

— Francine Segan

“Sweet Pea Purée with Capers SERVES 4 SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK: Faith, I can cut a caper. SIR TOBY BELCH: And I can…

— Francine Segan

“Chefs strived to entertain guests with their culinary feats, creating such whimsical concoctions as the mythical creature the “cockatryce,” a combination of…

— Francine Segan

“Not only was the best time of day to eat outlined, but also what foods to eat at the different times of…

— Francine Segan

“ORIGINAL RECIPE: An other [Sallets for fish days] Salmon cut long waies with slices of onyons upon it layd and upon that…

— Francine Segan