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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Quote du jour/Jane Grigson

Cooking something delicious is really more satisfactory than painting pictures or making pottery. At least for most of us. Food has the tact to disappear, leaving room and opportunity for masterpieces to come. The mistakes don't hang on the walls or stand on shelves to reproach you forever. It follows from this that the kitchen should be thought of as the center of the house. It needs above all space for talking, playing, bringing up children, sewing, having a meal, reading, sitting, and thinking. . . . It's in this kind of place that good food has flourished. It's from this secure retreat that the exploration of man's curious relationship with food, beyond the point of nourishment, can start.
Jane Grigson, Good Things
 

More about Jane Grigson here.

13 comments:

  1. Karen L RAugust 1, 2017 at 3:28:00 PM EDT

    This is a wonderful quote! Thank you for sharing! xo

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  2. Les in OregonAugust 2, 2017 at 12:00:00 AM EDT

    As someone who loves to cook, I think this is a great quote! Thanks, Nan. And, I love the hollyhock photo. At first, I thought it was a hibiscus!

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    1. NanAugust 2, 2017 at 4:56:00 PM EDT

      It is my little miracle hollyhock - that it came back.

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    2. NanAugust 2, 2017 at 5:00:00 PM EDT

      Les, please see my reply to Penny below. YOU gave me the cookbook where I found the quote!

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  3. AndiAugust 2, 2017 at 12:06:00 AM EDT

    And the hollyhock photo is just perfect!

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    1. NanAugust 2, 2017 at 4:56:00 PM EDT

      Always so happy to see your name in my comments!

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  4. littlemancatAugust 2, 2017 at 8:41:00 AM EDT

    Love this - now I'll be looking into reading her book(s)! Thank you. And your header pic is just wonderful!
    Mary

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  5. Penny O'NeillAugust 2, 2017 at 11:38:00 AM EDT

    Fantastic! I just copied this into my Commonplace book! Thank you.

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    1. NanAugust 2, 2017 at 4:59:00 PM EDT

      I actually noted this quote when I wrote a review of a cookbook - https://lettersfromahillfarm.blogspot.com/2011/01/lost-recipes-by-marion-cunningham.html

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  6. caroleAugust 4, 2017 at 11:39:00 AM EDT

    What a lovely reminder of Jane G. I read her column in the Observer for many years and, along with Elizabeth David, she taught me to cook, mainly I think, because their books were such a delight to read. Rather than a list of ingredients and the method of putting them all together, these women made me long for the food they were writing about. More a way of life than a recipe. xx

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  7. TeresaAugust 13, 2017 at 1:34:00 AM EDT

    Fascinating reading about Jane Grigson--have you read or used any of her cookbooks? I love cookbooks more than I love cooking.

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