Gilded age Quote by Richard White

“Americans have just got afraid to taste anything.”

— William Least Heat-Moon

“Americans are interesting creatures. They criticize those who speak their language with a slight accent but have no issues with butchering most other languages,…

— Santino Hassell

“mess of Italy, France, and some burgeoning American cuisine that nobody really believed in yet? A hodgepodge that shouldn’t have worked? When I asked…

— Stephanie Danler

“And the reason we don't notice it is because that's the way we all cook - they cook like us, and, indeed, we cook…

— Ready for First unit 12 Looking after yourself

“Have you ever been faced with the clear certainty that the culinary arts have a great propensity to rendering themselves unsavory?”

— Nicole Sager

“The sight of all the food stacked in those kitchens made me dizzy. It's not that we hadn't enough to eat at home, it's…

— Sylvia Plath

“Of course, our servings had assumed that one was making at least a three-course meal à la française. But that wasn't the American style…

— Julia Child

He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes…

— Michael Pollan

“Among other things, my own experience has led me to believe that American naivete can sometimes be more than it seems; it can hide…

— Roberto Bolaño

“The French (and Europeans in general) place a high value on speaking quietly in restaurants and on trains.”

— Rick Steves

“One hamburger stand on the entire beach. It felt un-American.”

— Becca Fitzpatrick

After spending so much time in America, I started travelling with 'In Defence of English Cooking' by George Orwell. It's archaic and old-fashioned in…

— Jamie Hince