"Culinary art" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... soup for man," as Moliere says by the mouth of the judicious Gros-Rene. This comparison suggests a sort of culinary art in love. Then the virtuous wife would be a Homeric meal, flesh laid on hot cinders. The courtesan, on the contrary, is a dish by Careme, with its condiments, spices, and elegant arrangement. The Baroness could not —did not know how to serve up her fair bosom ...
— Poor Relations • Honore de Balzac
... even as he fled via a dish of tartlets and cakes, it seemed remarkable that a certain uncertainty of temper (and figure) should invariably distinguish those who devote their lives to the obviously charming and attractive pursuit of the culinary art. ...
— Snake and Sword - A Novel • Percival Christopher Wren
... persist. Barring details of place and process, the culinary art follows much the same laws and works out much the same results in this remote Department of the French Republic as in the ...
— A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees • Edwin Asa Dix |
