Cookbooks Quote by Margaret Yardley Potter

“Potato salad in the South is nothing less than the principal smuggler of cholesterol into the festive, careless heart. It is pure poison beneath…

— Padgett Powell

“There was a salad, with dressing in a separate container, some mashed potato, chicken legs, and the garlic bread.”

— Anyta Sunday

“Make sure you embrace days more than a jar does mayonnaise.”

— Noah Nichols

“We must not dwell on what we were in our salad days when soup days steam now upon the table!”

— Catherynne M. Valente

“If life’s taught me anything, it’s that you might as well eat your dessert first, ’cos the ceiling might fall in before you’re even…

— Jordan Castillo Price

“The potatoes were starch grenades. The canned carrots were revolting because that is their nature.”

— David Mitchell

“It is all but impossible to sit quietly by when someone is throwing salad plates.”

— James Thurber

“Kate pointed at a cling-film-wrapped salad that was marked: Do Not Microwave. ‘She’s not sure you know not to heat a salad?’ Dominic rolled…

— C.C. Gibbs

“Enjoy all the fresh or frozen veggies you want, except for potatoes”

— William Davis

“Spring Salad with microwaved Quinoa”

— Jenny Allan

“Potato slices, crispy and fragrant. And toast glistening with what looks like actual creamy butter. And three fried eggs. That’s more eggs than I’ve…

— Morris Gleitzman

“Lou Ann’s life was ruled by the fear of salmonella, to the extent that she claimed the only safe way to eat potato salad…

— Barbara Kingsolver