Books Quote by Virginia Graham

“Today, of course, popular culture is on a culinary binge; and so much personal writing is now devoted to gazing back upon the kitchen…

— Laura Shapiro

“She had a knack for relieving the tension in a room by pretending my rudeness away with cooking. Many, many chickens had given up…

— Molly Harper

“Mary Jane she set at the head of the table, with Susan alongside of her, and said how bad the biscuits was, and how…

— Mark Twain

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

“Where others saw a dilapidated farmhouse with broken windows and collapsed roof she saw a couple pushing off on the wooden porch swing, caught…

— Rebecca Patrick-Howard

“It was astoundingly difficult to woo a lady who thought she was either trying to purchase a chicken or a few tomatoes from her,…

— Colette Moody

“And chickens and the breads, too!”

— J.M. Darhower

“I am thinking that you're verra beautiful, Sassenach," he said softly. "Maybe if one has a taste for gooseflesh on a large scale," I…

— Diana Gabaldon

“To her, writing is making stock and reading is sipping broth, but only the spoken word is the full roasted chicken.”

— Yann Martel

“What fiendishness went on in kitchens across the country, in the name of providing food!”

— Margaret Atwood

“Shall we go have a nice dinner in London? And,well, you can't, but I feel like getting a little foxed while we're at it.”

— Johanna Lindsey

“It seems like women are always in the kitchen around food and they're serving and they're giving and they're enjoying and it's part of…

— Kathy Bates