Craig Claiborne quotes
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“Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.”
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“Cooking is at once one of the simplest and most gratifying of the arts, but to cook well one must love and respect food.”
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“I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words.”
-- Craig ClaiborneSource : Craig Claiborne (1982). “Craig Claiborne's A feast made for laughter”, Doubleday Books
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“When she goes about her kitchen duties, chopping, carving, mixing, whisking, she moves with the grace and precision of a ballet dancer, her fingers plying the food with the dexterity of a croupier.”
-- Craig ClaiborneSource : "Food and Drink: A Book of Quotations". Book by Susan L. Rattiner, September 19, 2012.
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“Nothing rekindles my spirits, gives comfort to my heart and mind, more than a visit to Mississippi... and to be regaled as I often have been, with a platter of fried chicken, field peas, collard greens, fresh corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes with French dressing... and to top it all off with a wedge of freshly baked pecan pie.”
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“There is nothing better on a cold wintry day than a properly made pot pie.”
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“He was an innovator, an experimenter, a missionary in bringing the gospel of good cooking to the home table.”
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“Give me a platter of choice finnan haddie, freshly cooked in its bath of water and milk, add melted butter, a slice or two of hot toast, a pot of steaming Darjeeling tea, and you may tell the butler to dispense with the caviar, truffles and nightingales' tongues.”
-- Craig ClaiborneSource : Craig Claiborne (1994). “Craig Claiborne's New York Times Food Encyclopedia”, Outlet
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“For some obscure reason, some authorities seem bent on making the drinking of wine a ritual more complicated than chess. They have succeeded in inhibiting a large section of the public and depriving them of one of the greatest pleasures known to man.”
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“Almost every profession has an outstanding training ground. The military has West Point, music has Juilliard, and the culinary arts has The Institute.”
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“Cooking done with care is an act of love.”
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“Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting.”
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