John Thorne
John Thorne
other-cultures joy cooking
Americans, more than any other culture on earth, are cookbook cooks; we learn to make our meals not from any oral tradition, but from a text. The just-wed cook brings to the new household no carefully copied collection of the family's cherished recipes, but a spanking new edition of 'Fannie Farmer' or 'The Joy of Cooking'.
substance half states
Unbuttered toast is a substance half complete, and to be forced to eat it in that state is necessarily to feel deprived.