Quotes from Alice B. Toklas

The first gathering of salads, radishes and herbs made me feel like a mother about her baby - how could anything so beautiful be mine?

In the menu, there should be a climax and a culmination. Come to it gently. One will suffice.

Experience is never at bargain price.

This has been a most wonderful evening. Gertrude has said things tonight it will take her 10 years to understand.

Some time all kinds of letters will be published to the ineffable delight of endless readers.

This has been a most wonderful evening. Gertrude has said things tonight it will take her 10 years to understand.

But I don't want nutrition. I want food!

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.

As if a cookbook had anything to do with writing.