Good food is always a trouble and its preparation should be regarded as a labour of love.

- Elizabeth David

To eat figs off the tree in the very early morning, when they have been barely touched by the sun, is one of the exquisite pleasures of the Mediterra…

- Elizabeth David

It isnt only fictional heroes to whom toast means home and comfort. It is related of the Duke of Wellington - I believe by Lord Ellesmere - that when…

- Elizabeth David

The grotesque prudishness and archness with which garlic is treated in [England] has led to the superstition that rubbing the bowl with it before put…

- Elizabeth David

Some sensible person once remarked that you spend the whole of your life either in your bed or in your shoes. Having done the best you can by shoes a…

- Elizabeth David

It is a very great mistake to suppose, as a few English cooks still do, that spaghetti and macaroni should be soaked in water before cooking.

- Elizabeth David

I'm very interested in my new kitchen equipment shop. I've started it with two friends.

- Elizabeth David

Even more then long hours in the kitchen, fine meals require ingenious organization and experience which is a pleasure to acquire.

- Elizabeth David

Summer cooking implies a sense of immediacy, a capacity to capture the essence of the fleeting moment.

- Elizabeth David