Cook's Alphabet of Quotations

by Maria Polushkin Robbins

Book Overview

Maria Polushkin Robbins has compiled an astonishing array of quotations about cooking and dining from centuries of observations, numbering in the hundreds. They range from the philosophical to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052593359X
• ISBN13: 9780525933595
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Filled with all manner of culinary gems

For pure fun, it's hard to beat a great book of quotations. Maria Polushkin Robbins doesn't disappoint with this high-class compendium of culinary quotations on everything from strawberries to beer to garlic to roast beef and everything in between. Some of the gems included herein:"I'm a Christian, but that doesn't mean I'm a long-faced square. I like a little bourbon."- LILLIAN CARTER"Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everyone."- SAMUEL PEPYS"The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go, she went."- SAKI (H. H. MUNRO)In addition to these concise bits, there are longer descriptive passages from novels. What a fun stocking stuffer or Easter basket gift for your favorite cook!