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title: "3 Gathering Quotes By Alice B. Toklas"
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> [There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling, as gathering the vegetables one has grown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/there-is-nothing-that-is-comparable-to-it-as-satisfactory-or-as/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

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> [The first gathering of salads, radishes and herbs made me feel like a mother about her baby - how could anything so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/the-first-gathering-of-salads-radishes-and-herbs-made-me-feel-like-a/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

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> [The first gatherings of the garden in May of salads, radishes and herbs made me feel like a mother about her baby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/the-first-gatherings-of-the-garden-in-may-of-salads-radishes-and/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

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## More by Alice B. Toklas

> [Some time all kinds of letters will be published to the ineffable delight of endless readers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/some-time-all-kinds-of-letters-will-be-published-to-the-ineffable/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

> [But I don't want nutrition. I want food!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/but-i-don-t-want-nutrition-i-want-food/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

> [What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander but is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/what-is-sauce-for-the-goose-may-be-sauce-for-the-gander-but-is-not/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

> [Experience is never at bargain price.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/experience-is-never-at-bargain-price/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

> [This has been a most wonderful evening. Gertrude has said things tonight it will take her 10 years to understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/this-has-been-a-most-wonderful-evening-gertrude-has-said-things/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

> [“Godiva was tired and old and Gertrude Stein in spring bought a new car...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/godiva-was-tired-and-old-and-gertrude-stein-in-spring-bought-a-new-car/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

> [There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling, as gathering the vegetables one has grown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/there-is-nothing-that-is-comparable-to-it-as-satisfactory-or-as/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

> [The first gathering of salads, radishes and herbs made me feel like a mother about her baby - how could anything so beautiful be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/the-first-gathering-of-salads-radishes-and-herbs-made-me-feel-like-a/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

> [In the menu, there should be a climax and a culmination. Come to it gently. One will suffice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/in-the-menu-there-should-be-a-climax-and-a-culmination-come-to-it/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

> [Sex is perhaps like culture - a luxury that only becomes an art after generations of leisurely acquaintance. Why we scarcely approach either as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/sex-is-perhaps-like-culture-a-luxury-that-only-becomes-an-art-after/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

> [The first gatherings of the garden in May of salads, radishes and herbs made me feel like a mother about her baby - how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/the-first-gatherings-of-the-garden-in-may-of-salads-radishes-and/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

> [Illness sets the mind free sometimes to roam and surmise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/illness-sets-the-mind-free-sometimes-to-roam-and-surmise/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

> [As if a cookbook had anything to do with writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/as-if-a-cookbook-had-anything-to-do-with-writing/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

> [Dawn comes slowly but dusk is rapid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/dawn-comes-slowly-but-dusk-is-rapid/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

> [the French write plays and paint as naturally as we play jazz - it's just a national gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/the-french-write-plays-and-paint-as-naturally-as-we-play-jazz-it-s/)

[Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/)

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