A combination of the qualities of the scholar, the master cook, the painter, the gastronomer, the sportsman and the pantologist, assisted by the skil…

- George Ellwanger

Good oil, like good wine, is a gift from the gods. The grape and the olive are among the priceless benefactions of the soil, and were destined, each …

- George Ellwanger

To remember a successful salad is generally to remember a successful dinner; at all events, the perfect dinner necessarily includes the perfect salad.

- George Ellwanger

The onion tribe is prophylactic and highly invigorating, and even more necessary to cookery than parsley itself.

- George Ellwanger

It has been said of garlic that everyone knows its odor save he who has eaten it, and who wonders why everyone flies at his approach.

- George Ellwanger

Cookery is naturally the most ancient of the arts, as of all arts it is the most important.

- George Ellwanger