“ That's what I like so much about old libraries - they smell the way we'd like to imagine the past. ”
Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.
~ Ruth Reichl
When a person has lived generously and fought fiercely, she deserves more than sadness at the end.
I decided that it wasn’t pretty that I felt, but confident.
A thousand years ago the Chinese had an entirely codified kitchen while the French were still gnawing on bones. Chopsticks have been around since the fourth century B.C. Forks didn't show up in England until 1611, and even then they weren't meant for eating but just to hold the meat still while you hacked at it with your knife.