Keats Recipes without the author, without the cuisine to which they were once a living, seamless part, die. A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library. I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond. They evoke however quite as vivid a feeling-that is, to some of use who, considering cooking an art, feel that a way of cooking can produce something that approaches an aesthetic emotion.
Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement.
When we no longer have good cooking in the world, we will have no literature, nor high and sharp intelligence, nor friendly gatherings, no social harmony. She did not so much cook as assassinate food. Garlic used as it should be used is the soul, the divine essence, of cookery. The cook who can employ it successfully will be found to possess the delicacy of perception, the accuracy of judgment, and the dexterity of hand which go to the formation of a great artist. Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.