115 Quotes About Ingredients

Ingredients to success: know what you do well, know what to do well, and know someone who's swell.

Antonio was fascinated by Isabel's razor-sharp knives from Japan. He made 'kia' sounds like a karate expert as he sliced the tomatoes and added them to the pan. there were some unexpected ingredients, things Tess would never dream of putting in tomato sauce- whole star anise, a vanilla bean split down the middle, a sprinkling of sugar, a sprig of thyme and bay leaves from the herb garden.

Stirring the pastry cream and putting it in the blast chiller in the island, a total chefly indulgence that I have never once regretted. The house filling with the scent of rich, dark chocolate as the cakes rise in the oven. The treat of the moist trimmings as I even up the layers before spreading the thick custard filling between them. The fudgy frosting smoothed perfectly over the whole thing, and then immediately marred with chocolate cookie crumbs.

Naomi at TipsyCake is doing the cake, and it should be amazing.""Mmm, cake. What kind of cake?""Almond cake with a layer of fresh apricot puree, white-chocolate-mousse filling, and vanilla buttercream.""Oh. My.""I know. Should be a killer party.

Mahogany shelves lined the counters, stacked with glass bottles and jars, like something from a fairy tale. There were whole, plump roses steeping in honey; purple-stained sugar, thick with lavender, tiny jars of crimson threads, cherries and peaches suspended in syrup as if they had fallen there from the trees.The luxurious scents wrapped around him. 'Butter,' his nose relayed, 'cream, nuts, brandy, chocolate...

Pepper and salt are indispensable in a delicious meal but if they dominate other ingredients, the meal is ruined.

I bit into the oatmeal. Same levels- now the oats, well dried, but not so well watered, then the raisins, half tasteless, made from parched grapes, picked by thirsty workers, then the baker, rushed. The whole cookie was so rushed, like I had to eat it fast or it would, somehow, eat me.

The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more commonly so, detested for disturbing the daily peace of mind.

I like the organza tiebacks. They're pretty and ethereal.""Lovely. I think those are the ones.""Me, too. And hey, can we invent a signature cocktail for the wedding, using honey?""I'm working on one made with honey syrup, apple juice and calvados. Garnished with an apple slice, of course.