Monday, August 6, 2007

Food for Thought: The Value of Flavor

"I don't know what rituals my kids will carry into adulthood, whether they'll grow up attached to homemade pizza on Friday nights, or the scent of peppers roasting over a fire, or what. I do know that flavors work their own ways under the skin, into the heart of longing. Where my kids are concerned I find myself hoping for the simplest things: that if someday they crave orchards where their kids can climb into the branches and steal apples, the world will have trees enough with arms to receive them. " Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver

Apple Tree with Red Fruit, c.1902 by Paul Ranson



1 comment:

Hollie said...

I love this! I can't imagine any better compliment than my girls requesting a dish I make for them. For me, my mother's chicken and spaghetti dish makes my mouth water and the smell of pot roast immediately sends me to my grandmother's kitchen...ummm.