Quote by Michael Lewis

“Captured by the cooking, I had a fleeting thought that I’d spent too many years trading time for money.”

— Ruth Reichl

“Do not serve an old woman, even if she offered to feed you with semolina and almond bread.”

— Umar Ibn Muhammed Al-Nefzawi

“These older women knew their place, staying tucked away, fading into the background. Mostly, they tended the kitchen, where they learned to make themselves…

— Miriam Karmel

“[Her] idea of a fair trade--her lentils for your caviar.”

— Maya Corrigan

“If the soup had been as warm as the wine, and the wine as old as the fish, and the fish as young as…

— Mark Forsyth

“She was one of those invalids who has to lie down a lot, and sometimes can't lift a bread knife, but can shift a…

— Lynne Truss

“He was Company. She was old gossip.”

— Dewanna Pace - Naughty or Nice

“My dear, you used to be quite a dish; now you're quite a tureen.”

— W. Somerset Maugham

“There was nothing the least bit radical about her. In fact, she was the most conventional creature alive. She believed in true love, and…

— Lauren Willig

I ate her cooking for eighteen years," he whispered. "You get used to it." "Oh yeah, when?" "I think it happened around the seventeenth…

— Michael Buckley

“fact. Of course, she always went and spoiled the appeal by opening her mouth. In his humble experience, the world had yet to produce…

— Gail Carriger

“I used to be a butcher. She used to come into my store. Every week I would set apart the best piece of meat…

— Brandon Stanton