Books Quote by Jon Stewart

Why would these English explorers search for these spices, yet never use them in their food?

— Jon Stewart

Spices, of course, are essential.

— Marcus Samuelsson

In the old days, people used to risk their lives in India or in the Americas in order to bring back products which now…

— Claude Levi-Strauss

The Romans brought with them spices such as ginger, pepper and cinnamon, and herbs including borage, chervil, dill, fennel, lovage, sage and thyme, all…

— Monty Don

If you look over a list of medicinal recipes in vogue in the last century, how foolish and useless they are seen to be!…

— Henry David Thoreau

“ Perishable, It Said Perishable, it said on the plastic container, And below, in different ink, The date to be used by, the last…

— Jane Hirshfield

“Culinary historians looking back at the first decades of the twenty-first century will be blessed with vast quantities of material to study, thanks to…

— Laura Shapiro

Even just a few spices or ethnic condiments that you can keep in your pantry can turn your mundane dishes into a culinary masterpiece.

— Marcus Samuelsson

“A good spice often deceives us into thinking that someone is a good cook.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Food lovers tend to make life difficult for themselves on their travels. It's like travelling first class, if your expectations are so high, you're…

— Konnie Huq

“The craving today is for something light and spicy, and few have patience, still less desire, to examine carefully that which would make a…

— Arthur W. Pink

The most important thing about expedition food is that there is some

— Eric Shipton