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To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a

To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a “home” might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation. – Emily Post

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Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use. – Emily Post

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Bread is like dressed, hats and shoes — in other words, essential! – Emily Post

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Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor. – Emily Post

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Cooking
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I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock. – Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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The story of barbecue is the story of America: Settlers arrive on great unspoiled continent, discover wondrous riches, set them on fire and eat them. – Vince Staten

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The man with meat seeks fire. – Nigerian proverb #bbq

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Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. – Harriet Van Horne, “Not for Jiffy Cooks,” Vogue magazine, 1956

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The place is very well and quiet and the children only scream in a low voice. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Conspicuously absent from the Ten Commandments is any obligation of parent to child. We must suppose that God felt it unnecessary to command by law what He had ensured by love. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The future hasnt happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that Im in. – Annie Lennox

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I would be a huge hypocrite if I didnt tell you that at one time in my life I thought the way that you made music was you got on a major label and you got famous. – Neko Case

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