Quote by Francine Segan

My love for artichokes comes from when I was very young. My mother and father would slice the hearts and fry them, and they…

— Anonymous

The artichoke above all is the vegetable expression of civilised living, of the long view, of increasing delight by anticipation and crescendo. No wonder…

— Jane Grigson

“He draws asparagus and cabbages, but he's obsessed with artichokes. He draws them more than any other vegetable. Why artichokes?" George drained his glass.…

— Allegra Goodman

“Betty returns in a couple of minutes, setting down our pots of tea and two towers of treats. There are small tea cakes dressed…

— Kiana Krystle

I have often wondered who was the first person to realize that eating an artichoke was a good idea.

— Chris Cosentino

“When I was a child, I associated my parents with individual flavors. It was the same way you might filter someone through a prism…

— Charlotte Silver

“The expensive wine coated my throat with warm notes of fig and vanilla. Mozzarella melted like cream on my tongue and a jumble of…

— Meg Donohue

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

— Julia Glass

“Except for the coconut cake (filled with Meyer lemon curd and glazed with brown sugar), most of the desserts she made for Walter were…

— Julia Glass

“There was a game they played at dinner. The word “delicious” was out of bounds. On this occasion the eggs were robust, the grilled…

— Lilian Jackson Braun

“The appetizers were delicious, not because of the kitchen, but because all food eaten in anticipation of a kiss is delicious.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“Asparagus, tinged with ultramarine and rosy pink which ran from their heads, finely stippled in mauve and azure, through a series of imperceptible changes…

— Marcel Proust