Matt Ortega

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“Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.”
Alice May Brock
tags: food

Orson Welles
“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.”
Orson Welles

Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Virginia Woolf
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too. And you've got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.”
Kurt Vonnegut, Jailbird

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Pankaj ...
4 books | 52 friends

David L...
137 books | 74 friends

Sergio ...
7 books | 63 friends

Blessin...
15 books | 278 friends

Derrick
146 books | 312 friends

Frank B...
80 books | 98 friends

Lovely
75 books | 88 friends

Laurie:...
737 books | 321 friends

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