A small olive-skinned creature who had hit puberty but never hit it very hard, Ben had been my best friend since fifth… — John Green Copy Share Image
Spend your brief moment according to nature's law, and serenely greet the journey's end as an olive falls when it is ripe,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Under the olive trees, from the ground Grows this flower, which is a wound. It is easier to ignore Than the heroes'… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
If there is anything so romantic as that castle-palace-fortress of Monaco I have not seen it. If there is anything more deliciousthan… — M. E. W. Sherwood Copy Share Image
Good olive oil, good butter, milk - they give food taste and depth and a richness that you cant reproduce with low-fat… — Nigella Lawson Copy Share Image
To all new truths, or renovation of old truths, it must be as in the ark between the destroyed and the about-to-be… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Good oil, like good wine, is a gift from the gods. The grape and the olive are among the priceless benefactions of… — George Ellwanger Copy Share Image
“And it seemed that my flesh crawled with the gentleness of those glaucous things evoked by the verse. It was as if… — Jean Lorrain Copy Share Image
A taste older than meat, older than wine. A taste as old as cold water. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
All my life I've been terrible at remembering people's names. I once introduced a friend of mine as Martini. Her name was… — Tallulah Bankhead Copy Share Image
The citric acid in lemon juice makes it perfect for bleaching, disinfecting and cutting through grease. And olive oil is a great… — Sheherazade Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Into the woods, my Master went, Clean forspent, forspent, Into the woods my Master came, Forspent with love and shame. But the… — Sidney Lanier Copy Share Image
I detest . . . anything over-cooked, over-herbed, over-sauced, over elaborate. Nothing can go very far wrong at table as long as… — Sybille Bedford Copy Share Image
For as long as I can remember, my father saved. He saves money, he saves disfigured sticks that resemble disfigured celebrities, and… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
The strands of spaghetti were vital, almost alive in my mouth, and the olive oil was singing with flavor. It was hard… — Ruth Reichl Copy Share Image
You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of the clerical militia with which the missiles of the… — Richard de Bury Copy Share Image
“Jerusalem! My Love,My Town I wept until my tears were dry I prayed until the candles flickered I knelt until the floor… — Nizar Qabbani Copy Share Image
If Ive gone to the market on Saturday, and I go another time on Tuesday, then Im really prepared. I can cook… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
Excluded by my birth and tastes from the social order, I was not aware of its diversity. Nothing in the world was… — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
Ah, Caviar! I keep on eating it, but can never get my fill. Like olives. It's a lucky thing it's not salty. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
One of the biggest problems with young chefs is too much addition to the plate. You put cilantro and then tarragon and… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
I love grilling. Grilling is an incredible way to keep healthy. And you can marinate both with a dry rub and also… — Curtis Stone Copy Share Image
