In spite of muzzling the press, imprisoning thousands, and engaging in torture, kidnapping and murder, the Socialist government was still vulnerable to the accusation of being "soft on Basques.

Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture.

The egg creams of Avenue A in New York and the root beer float....are among the high points of American gastronomic inventiveness.

A gourmet knows that the best part is not always the expensive part, and he will find that part, and then he will share it. A gourmet should want to share.

If ever there was a fish made to endure, it is the Atlantic cod... But it has among its predators - man, an openmouthed species greedier than cod.

Judging foods without regard to price is a rich mans game, and yet poor people can be gourmets able to discern a good potato from a bad one.

In nineteenth-century Russia, sauerkraut was valued more than caviar.

Fate likes to tease paranoids.'

modern people have seen too many chemicals and are ready to go back to eating dirt.

The history of the Americas is one of constant warfare over salt.

THE ROMANS SALTED their greens, believing this to counteract the natural bitterness, which is the origin of the word salad, salted.

Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

I just work hard and do things as they come along. But it has been a challenge to learn that I have to say 'no' to things and to know how and what to prioritize.

Necessary, forever necessary, to burn out false shames and smelt the heaviest ore of the body into purity.

Let our love be like an arch- two weaknesses leaning together to form one strength.

A fictional, but all too real, look at extremist militias in the United States and the extent to which some of them go to carry out their 'missions'.

Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.

Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.

An introverted, bookish child, with a mass of complexes and her head full of crazy ideals and a childish faith in the beautiful prince who was searching for and would surely find her.

In a huge way, everything that I've done in my life has helped inform my ability to communicate with actors and direct them.