Laura

“Breast milk and amniotic fluid carry the flavors of the mother’s foods, and studies consistently show that babies grow up to be more accepting of flavors they’ve sampled while in the womb and while breastfeeding.”
― Mary Roach, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

“All sorrows can be borne if you can put them into a story.”
― Isak Dinesen

“* Kissing is a less aggressive form of bacterial transplant. Studies of three different gingivitis-causing bacteria have documented migration from spouse to spouse. Periodontically speaking, an affair might be viewed as a form of bacteriotherapy.”
― Mary Roach, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

“Abby Hoffman said we should all eat what we kill. That would put an end to war.”
― Louise Penny, Still Life