79 Quotes by Jonathan Miles

If everything is disposable or recyclable, how does that make us feel about ourselves and each other?

You pray for days when the crappie fishing is so relentlessly good that you're giggling like a kid and the only things you're lacking in life are another stringer and an extra hour on the water. But what do you do with that pile of freshly caught crappies spilling out of your cooler? Call your pals for a mega-fry.

Most of us seem to be buried under our own possessions, and it seems to be getting worse.

Trout plus bacon is one of civilization's greatest formulas; it always equals pleasure.

It drives me crazy to throw something out. I find planned obsolescence revolting.

After a solid day of fishing, I'm craving something hearty. That's where a jug of buttermilk comes in. Poaching fish in buttermilk yields the luscious texture and pure flavor, but with a more substantial richness and a poaching liquid you'll want to lap up with a spoon.

Few things grace a plate as dramatically as a whole plucked upland bird, however it's cooked.

With the notable exceptions of rum drinks, black beans, fat brown cigars, the smiles of pretty girls, hot yellow sunlight, and fat men with guitars and bongos playing mambos, rumbas, and boleros late into the night, nothing in Cuba comes easily.

Wild geese have so much less fat than their domestic brethren that, as far as the kitchen is concerned, the two birds should be considered different species altogether - so much so that they require opposite roasting methods.