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Salt is the only rock directly consumed by man. It corrodes but preserves, desiccates but is wrested from the water. It has…
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Salt is the policeman of taste: it keeps the various flavors of a dish in order and restrains the stronger from tyrannizing…
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Bread is for us a kind of successor to the motherly breast, and it has been over the centuries responsible for billions…
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Our perception that we have 'no time' is one of the distinctive marks of modern Western culture.
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A meal can be thought of as a ritual and a work of art, with limits laid down, desires aroused and fulfilled,…
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This is what is meant by "sacrifice", literally, the "making sacred" of an animal consumed for dinner. Yet sacrfice, because it dwells…
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Food-what is chosen from the possibilities available, how it is presented, how it is eaten, with whom and when, and how much…
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Food is "everyday"-it has to be, or we would not survive for long. But food is never just something to eat. It…
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The ancient Greeks did not have to wrestle with the philosophical problem of the existence of evil. They did not claim their…
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With your talents and industry, with science, and that steadfast honesty which eternally pursues right, regardless of consequences, you may promise yourself…
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People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit.
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Food is "everyday"-it has to be, or we would not survive for long. But food is never just something to eat. It…
— Margaret Visser
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Humanity is the keystone that holds nations and men together. When that collapses, the whole structure crumbles. This is as true of…
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