Food for Thought: Fall/Holiday 2021

God made yeast, as well as dough, and loves fermentation just as dearly as He loves vegetation. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whisky is barely enough. —Mark Twain

Happiness is having a rare steak, a bottle of whiskey, and a dog to eat the rare steak. —Johnny Carson

I wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other. —Ava Gardner

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer. —Abraham Lincoln

Give a man a fish and he will for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. —George Carlin

Beer, it’s the best damn drink in the world. —Jack Nicholson

A good gulp of hot whiskey at bedtime—it’s not very scientific, but it helps. —Alexander Fleming

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. —Benjamin Franklin

If it’s a cocktail party, I generally make five or six different things, and I try to choose recipes that feel like a meal: a chicken thing, a fish or shrimp thing, maybe two vegetable things, and I think it’s fun to end the cocktail party with a sweet thing. —Ina Garten

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food. —W.C. Fields

The best way to execute French cooking is to get good and loaded, and whack the hell out of a chicken. —Julia Child

I only drink Champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not. —Coco Chanel