"In nineteenth-century Russia, sauerkraut was valued more than……" — Mark Kurlansky
"In nineteenth-century Russia, sauerkraut was valued more than caviar,"
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17 Quotes by Mark Kurlansky
Mark Kurlansky has 17 quotes on this site.
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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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Whenever I was called a gourmet, I suspected I was being accused of something at least slightly unpleasant. But that…
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More Caviar Quotes
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one of 46 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Russians will consume marinated mushrooms and vodka, salted herring and vodka, smoked salmon and vodka, salami and vodka, caviar on…
— Hedrick Smith
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If you eat caviar every day it's difficult to return to sausages.
— Arsene Wenger
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God didn't bless me with success so I could eat caviar every day.
— Kathie Lee Gifford
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Wit is like caviar - it should be served in small portions and not spread about like marmalade.
— Noel Coward
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The caviar was very high quality. I made an acting decision on the spot that Ismay was a big eater.
— Unknown Author
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The South, to me, is fried chicken and catfish caviar --- that's grits --- and good-looking women.
— Erk Russell
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A living body is not a fixed thing but a flowing event, like a flame or a whirlpool: the shape…
— Alan Watts
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One can be unhappy before eating caviar, even after, but at least not during.
— Irving Kristol
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
— Erica Jong
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Children never lie...I remember my daughter standing in her crib the first time I gave her caviar. I put it…
— Jacques Pepin
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For me, true luxury can be caviar or a day with no meetings, no appointments and no schedule.
— Michael Kors
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I don't take notes; I don't outline, I don't do anything like that. I just flail away at the goddamn…
— Stephen King
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