"Chloride is essential for digestion and in respiration.……" — Mark Kurlansky
"Chloride is essential for digestion and in respiration. Without sodium, which the body cannot manufacture, the body would be unable to transport nutrients or oxygen, transmit nerve impulses, or move muscles, including the heart."
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Mark Kurlansky
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17 Quotes by Mark Kurlansky
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Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture.
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THE ROMANS SALTED their greens, believing this to counteract the natural bitterness, which is the origin of the word salad,…
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The history of the Americas is one of constant warfare over salt,
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A Wedding In Haiti is a great experience and its unaffected prose is as true a portrait of complex Haiti…
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A gourmet knows that the best part is not always the expensive part, and he will find that part, and…
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Judging foods without regard to price is a rich mans game, and yet poor people can be gourmets able to…
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Food is about agriculture, about ecology, about man's relationship with nature, about the climate, about nation-building, cultural struggles, friends and…
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The egg creams of Avenue A in New York and the root beer float....are among the high points of American…
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In 'The Republic' he [Plato] states that the enjoyment of food is not a true pleasure because the purpose of…
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I did not realize at the time, as I have discovered since, that anyone who attempts any thing original in…
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A true gourmet - a judge - has the wisdom to know when to stop eating.
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