Marcel Boulestin quotes
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“Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements.”
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“Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art.”
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“The pleasure of eating something because it is expensive has absolutely nothing to do with the taste of good cuisine.”
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“Do not be afraid of simplicity. If you have a cold chicken for supper, why cover it with a tasteless white sauce which makes it look like a pretentious dish on the buffet table at some fance dress ball?”
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“A good cook is not necessarily a good woman with an even temper. Some allowance should be made for artistic temperament.”
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“Do not be afraid to talk about food. Food which is worth eating is worth discussing. And there is the occult power of words which somehow will develop its qualities.”
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“Peace and happiness, begin, geographically, where garlic is used in cooking.”
-- Marcel Boulestin
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Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co
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“What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.”
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“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”
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