Jane Grigson Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: March 13, 1928 - March 12, 1990
Birthday: March 13
Death: March 12
The artichoke above all is the vegetable expression of civilised living, of the long view, of increasing delight by anticipation and crescendo. No wonder it was once regarded as an aphrodisiac. It had no place in the troll's world of instant gratification. It makes no appeal to the meat-and-two-veg mentality.
source: Jane Grigson (2007). “Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book”, p.15, U of Nebraska Press
topic: Expression, Vegetables, Two, Instant Gratification, Crescendo, Artichokes
