The Urban Foodie: Looking wistful..

Thursday 8 March 2007

Looking wistful..

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: Hurrah for your fab blog - you are such a wonderful person and cook and I look forward to following this blog closely!
Love and Hugs
Hannah
xxxx; 8 March 2007 at 13:37
Anonymous said...: At last! your blog is born - we love it and your cooking.
Lots of Love
Marilyn and Nick
xxxx; 10 March 2007 at 12:38
Patricia (La Chatte Gitane) said...: Looking forward to plenty of recipes. I know you know the outcome of MCGL already, but I am rooting for you ... and for Hannah !
Patricia; 10 March 2007 at 13:54
2 said...: Yay...go Steven!
I just KNEW you would win!
My daughter and I jumped out of our seats last night when you was announced as the winner! (Our poor kitten scampered out of the room in befuddlement!) lol
Anyway doll, I hope life treats you well and you achieve all of your culinary dreams!
If there's any justice in the world (sings like Lemar)My daughter and I will get to taste your magnificent food one day! Like you, I am a fabulous (and not one bit modest! :P) self taught cook. I have the body to prove this! To quote a wise man "Gluttony is not a secret vice" Hehe Tis so hard not to be a greedy guts when you can cook so well!
I was convinced that like me you was a taurean as we make wonderful cooks, but you almost was! Besides, since you are a twin that accounts for you being a doubly great chef! ;-D
OK, I shall leave you in peace and not hijack your whole blog.
Be blessed...and as Ali G would say, RESPECK!; 16 March 2007 at 09:54
2 said...: Hi Steven,
Just passing by to say hello and to see how you're doing...well I hope ;0)
No doubt you're extremely busy right now.
Well, take care hun and I hope we catch up soon xXx; 1 April 2007 at 11:22

MUSINGS AND QUOTES ON FOOD

"My weaknesses have always been food and men, in that order."

Dolly Parton

"Fish, to taste right, must swim three times - in water, in butter, and in wine."

Polish Proverb

"A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something Brussels sprouts never do."

P.J. O'Rourke

"An empty belly is the best cook."

Estonian Proverb

"A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch."

James Beard

"The smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us...."
Marcel Proust

"When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a plate piled up with very hot buttered toast, cut thick, very brown on both sides, with the butter running through the holes in it in great golden drops, like honey from the honeycomb. The smell of that buttered toast simply talked to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cosy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender, of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries."
The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame

"People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it is safer to harrass rich women than motorcycle gangs."
Unknown

"Scallops are expensive, so they should be treated with some class. But then, I suppose that every creature that gives his life for our table should be treated with class."
Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet

"Never eat more than you can lift.."
Miss Piggy, Diva.

"The squid is so cooperative. Its body forms a tube that can be stuffed with marvelous fillings. You don't have to be Greek to enjoy this one. "
Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet

"The joys of the table belong equally to all ages, conditions, countries and times; they mix with all other pleasures, and remain the last to console us for their loss."
Jean Antheleme Brillet-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste