Selection Of Quotes

“Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.”
By: Alice May Brock

“To satisfy the sharp desire I had Of tasting those fair apples, I resolv'd Not to defer; hunger and thirst at once Powerful persuaders, quicken'd at the scent Of that alluring fruit, urged me so keen.”
Author: John Milton
Source: Paradise Lost (bk. IX, l. 584)

“For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.”
Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Source: Kubla Khan

“Of all the garden herbs none is of greater virtue than sage.”
Author: Thomas Cogan (1)
Source: Heaven of Health, quoting from "Schola Salerni", p. 32

“I pray your Highness mark this curious herb: Touch it but lightly, stroke it softly, Sir, And it gives forth an odor sweet and rare; But crush it harshly and you'll make a scent Most disagreeable.”
Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
Source: Sweet Basil