Bookish Haven

“Though we typically turn to sugar to balance out bitter flavors in a sauce or soup, it turns out that salt masks bitterness much more effectively than sugar. See for yourself with a little tonic water, Campari, or grapefruit juice, all of which are both bitter and sweet. Taste a spoonful, then add a pinch of salt and taste again. You’ll be surprised by how much bitterness subsides.”
― Samin Nosrat, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

“What Boo Rdley did might seem peculiar to us but it did not seem peculiar to him.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Does the day have a Y in it?”
― Abbi Waxman, Other People's Houses

“This is preposterous,” he said. “If I say yes, I’m buying something I didn’t ask for. And if I refuse, I’m like a man who complains that someone stole the eggs from his henhouse and replaced them with rubies.”
― Helene Wecker, The Golem and the Jinni