Curnonsky quotes
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“In cooking, as in all the arts, simplicity is the sign of perfection.”
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“Cuisine is when things taste like themselves.”
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“Make [food] simple and let things taste of what they are.”
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“Bouillabaisse, this golden soup, this incomparable golden soup which embodies and concentrates all the aromas of our shores and which permeates, like an ecstasy, the stomachs of astonished gastronomes. Bouillabaisse is one of those classic dishes whose glory has encircled the world, and the miracle consists of this: there are as many bouillabaisses as there are good chefs or cordon bleus. Each brings to his own version his special touch.”
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“A garlic caress is stimulating. A garlic excess soporific.”
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“Fine cooking is when the things you have cooked taste as they are”
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“Sauces comprise the honor and glory of French cookery. They have contributed to its superiority, or pre-eminence, which is disputed by none. Sauces are the orchestration and accompaniment of a fine meal, and enable a good chef or cook to demonstrate his talent.”
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“In great quantity, madame. In great quantity.”
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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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“The highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”
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“Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.”
Source : "Epigrams on Programming". ACM SIGPLAN Notices 17 (9), pp. 7-13, pu.inf.uni-tuebingen.de. September 1982.
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“Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.”
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