From Master Chef Louis P. De Gouy, The Gold Cook Book (1947) Beans have been cultivated in the Americas since prehistoric times. Lima beans have been discovered in burial mounds in Peru, and early explorers found beans being cultivated by the Indians, from Canada to South America. In 1605, in a letter concerning the Indians
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From Vegetables, Old Carolina Tobacco Country Cook Book: From the Great Depression to World War II (1985) THE MAIN DISH: The main dish at a meal was not always a meat dish. Perhaps one of the main reasons for this was that the wife, who did the cooking, also had to help with the many
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Remember Clementine Paddleford and her How America Eats cookbook? In the 1950s she traveled the United States to discover…well, how America eats. The cookbook is filled with great stories. Now, 70 years on, the stories are like a blast from the past. A window into another time and place. A book well worth Hold that
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Most young people think they are natural when they are only boorish and rude. François Duc de La Rochefoucauld No. 372 Somethings never change. François Duc de La Rochefoucauld. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims. J.W. Willis Bund and J. Hain Friswell, trans. Samson Low, Marston, Dearle & Rivington (limited), London. 1888. Originally published in 1665.
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Little minds are too much wounded by little things; great minds see all and are not even hurt. François Duc de La Rochefoucauld No. 357 François Duc de La Rochefoucauld. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims. J.W. Willis Bund and J. Hain Friswell, trans. Samson Low, Marston, Dearle & Rivington (limited), London. 1888. Originally published in 1665.
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There are persons of whom the world approves who have no merit beyond the vices they use in the affairs of life. François Duc de La Rochefoucauld No. 273 As true today as it was over 350 years ago. François Duc de La Rochefoucauld. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims. J.W. Willis Bund and J. Hain Friswell,
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Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which we may fall. We help others that on occasions we may be helped ourselves, and these services which we render, are in reality benefits we confer on ourselves by anticipation. François
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In all professions we affect a part and appearance to seem what we wish to be. Thus the world is merely composed of actors. François Duc de La Rochefoucauld No. 256 Phased another way– All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. Shakespeare, As You Like It François Duc de
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True eloquence consists in saying all that should be, not all that could be said. François Duc de La Rochefoucauld No. 250 François Duc de La Rochefoucauld. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims. J.W. Willis Bund and J. Hain Friswell, trans. Samson Low, Marston, Dearle & Rivington (limited), London. 1888. Originally published in 1665.
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There is no less eloquence in the voice, in the eyes and in the air of the speaker, than in his choice of words. François Duc de La Rochefoucauld No. 249 François Duc de La Rochefoucauld. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims. J.W. Willis Bund and J. Hain Friswell, trans. Samson Low, Marston, Dearle & Rivington (limited),
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Therefore I am convinced that “being at table” means that you are most often with and concerned about someone else. The Frugal Gourmet Whole Family Cookbook: Recipes and Reflections for Contemporary Living by Jeff Smith (1992) Do you by chance recall this, from last Saturday’s first post about Food, Friends, & Flourishing? [Aristotle] thinks that
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I would have to turn in my Southerner Identification Card if I didn’t include something about barbecuing in this series. What could be better than a pig pickin’ with friends? More Food, Friends, & Flourishing From Smoke & Spice: Cooking with Smoke, the Real Way to Barbecue, on Your Charcoal Grill, Water Smoker, or Wood-Burning
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It is not so dangerous to do wrong to most men, as to do them too much good. François Duc de La Rochefoucauld No. 238 Apparently, I have never gotten around to giving you the skinny on our pal, La Rochefoucauld. Here is his bio from that infallible source, and here he is at Britannica.
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From Pillsbury’s Food for Friends (1978) If you don’t have this cookbook in your library, you are really missing out. Here are the search results at Bookfinder (also a few other hits at that big store in the sky). This is one of my all-time favorites. It’s occasion and menu-based–perfect for the person just starting
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ELEGANT SOUPS From The Creative Cook (1978) If bread is the staff of life, soup is the food that restores the spirit. It can be made in wondrous variety. There is truly a soup to fit every nuance of mood, to set perfectly the spirit of the occasion. Soup goes back to the very earliest
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We do not despise all who have vices, but we do despise all who have not virtue. François Duc de La Rochefoucauld No. 186. More of La Rochefoucauld’s Reflections There are a lot these days who have not virtue. François Duc de La Rochefoucauld. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims. J.W. Willis Bund and J. Hain Friswell, trans.
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From Cooking with Czech Recipes Cookbook, Texas Czech Genealogical Society (2021) DEDICATION We dedicate this Cookbook to the honor of the tireless Czech cooks who have laboriously planned, gathered, and prepared for the nourishment and happiness of her (and, in some cases, his) family and friends, sending wave after wave of culinary fragrance drifting across
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DISPENSING SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY From Celia Marks and the Editors of Southern Living Magazine, Southern Living Party Cookbook (1972) Hospitality, a synonym for the South, comes from the heart. Even the most discerning disciple of etiquette may fall short as a hostess if she fails to bestow this gift upon her guests. For hospitality is a
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HOW TO MAKE A CHAMPAGNE FOUNTAIN Champagne is considered by many to be an indispensable part of any special occasion. Why not add drama and excitement to the service of the Champagne by creating a Champagne Fountain? This will not involve any extra expense at all (all that is necessary is 23 wine glasses) and
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Appetizers … are the frivolities of a meal, and, like champagne, they are capable of setting a mood… Craig Claiborne And so I thought we might amble along the champagne byway on the road to flourishing. This is long but interesting. Toward the end there are sections on How to Serve Champagne (I can’t make
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