I have just learned a delicious French usage. On wedding invitations when they say the mass is at noon they mean one o'clock -when they say at noon precise they mean half after twelve - and when they say at very precisely noon they mean noon.
Some time all kinds of letters will be published to the ineffable delight of endless readers. - Alice B. Toklas
Some time all kinds of letters will be published to the ineffable delight of endless readers.
- Alice B. Toklas
As if a cookbook had anything to do with writing. - Alice B. Toklas
As if a cookbook had anything to do with writing.
There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling, as gathering the vegetables one has grown. - Alice B. Toklas
There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling, as gathering the vegetables one has grown.
Dawn comes slowly but dusk is rapid. - Alice B. Toklas
Dawn comes slowly but dusk is rapid.
Illness sets the mind free sometimes to roam and surmise. - Alice B. Toklas
Illness sets the mind free sometimes to roam and surmise.
In the menu, there should be a climax and a culmination. Come to it gently. One will suffice. - Alice B. Toklas
In the menu, there should be a climax and a culmination. Come to it gently. One will suffice.
I have just learned a delicious French usage. On wedding invitations when they say the mass is at noon they mean one o'clock -when they say at noon p… - Alice B. Toklas
I have just learned a delicious French usage. On wedding invitations when they say the mass is at noon they mean one o'clock -when they say at noon p…
Experience is never at bargain price. - Alice B. Toklas
Experience is never at bargain price.
What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander, but it is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey or the Guinea hen. - Alice B. Toklas
What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander, but it is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey or the Guinea hen.
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