Food Quotes by Julia Glass

9 Food quotes by Julia Glass

Glass’s food musings are literary yet accessible, reflecting the nuance of her storytelling. The short collection offers a thoughtful look at nourishment through a writer’s lens.

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“None of this Mad Mario showmanship- orange clogs and Bermuda shorts fit for Babar, sweetbreads garnished with squash blossoms stuffed with cheese…

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“Hugo planned a five-course meal: smoked duck, oyster stew, roast beef with mashed yams, a salad of apples with beets and blue…

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I love to eat, I love to feed people, and I'm a great cook. I joked with my friends that I wanted…

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“They agreed on four flavors of cake- vanilla, maple, orange, and coconut- to alternate, almost randomly, in twenty-one slim layers throughout the…

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“Alan had loved her breakfast pastries best; Charlie craved her pies. He liked them true-blue American, folded roundabout in a blanket of…

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“So there was a martini- something he hadn't tasted since college- and there was wine, and there was a dinner most remarkable…

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Most inexperienced cooks believe, mistakenly, that a fine cake is less challenging to produce than a fine souffle or mousse. I know,…

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“But people, as Alan had once reflected to Greenie, were not at all like recipes. You could have all the right ingredients,…

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“SWEET POTATO BISQUE WITH CRABMEAT GRAPEFRUIT ICE IN A SWEET TORTILLA CRISP LAMB SEARED IN ANCHO CHILI PASTE ON POLENTA TWO CHUTNEYS:…

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“On Thursday, the sandwiches Greenie made were pork tenderloins with chipotle mustard, the soup a puree of beets and pears with Beaujolais wine and…

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“Bet you did not know that in Mexico they call a Palomino an Isabella. Or that George Washington's warhorse was an Arab named Magnolia.…

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“Always more to learn, that's the pain and the pleasure”

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