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Margaret Visser Quotes

Food is never just something to eat Picture Quote #1

It is the nature of human beings not to be able to leave nature alone Picture Quote #1

The ancient Greeks did not have to wrestle with the philosophical problem of the existence of evil. They did not claim their gods were good, just magnificent Picture Quote #1

Bread is for us a kind of successor to the motherly breast, and it has been over the centuries responsible for billions of sighs of satisfaction Picture Quote #1

Salt is the only rock directly consumed by man. It corrodes but preserves, desiccates but is wrested from the water. It has fascinated man for thousands of years not only as a substance he prized and was willing to labour to obtain, but also as a generator of poetic and of mythic meaning. The contradictions it embodies only intensify its power and its links with experience of the sacred Picture Quote #1

Salt is the policeman of taste: it keeps the various flavors of a dish in order and restrains the stronger from tyrannizing over the weaker Picture Quote #1

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A meal can be thought of as a ritual and a work of art, with limits laid down, desires aroused and fulfilled, enticements, variety, patterning and plot. As in a work of art, not only the overall form, but also the details matter intensely Picture Quote #1

Eating is aggressive by nature, and the implements required for it could quickly become weapons; table manners are, most basically, a system of taboos designed to ensure that violence remains out of the question Picture Quote #1

We use eating as a medium for social relationships: satisfaction of the most individual of needs becomes a means of creating community Picture Quote #1

The extent to which we take everyday objects for granted is the precise extent to which they govern and inform our lives Picture Quote #1

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Food is never just something to eat (Margaret Visser Quotes) It is the nature of human beings not to be able to leave nature alone (Margaret Visser Quotes) The ancient Greeks did not have to wrestle with the philosophical problem of the existence of evil. They did not claim their gods were good, just magnificent (Margaret Visser Quotes) Bread is for us a kind of successor to the motherly breast, and it has been over the centuries responsible for billions of sighs of satisfaction (Margaret Visser Quotes) Salt is the only rock directly consumed by man. It corrodes but preserves, desiccates but is wrested from the water. It has fascinated man for thousands of years not only as a substance he prized and was willing to labour to obtain, but also as a generator of poetic and of mythic meaning. The contradictions it embodies only intensify its power and its links with experience of the sacred (Margaret Visser Quotes) Salt is the policeman of taste: it keeps the various flavors of a dish in order and restrains the stronger from tyrannizing over the weaker (Margaret Visser Quotes) A meal can be thought of as a ritual and a work of art, with limits laid down, desires aroused and fulfilled, enticements, variety, patterning and plot. As in a work of art, not only the overall form, but also the details matter intensely (Margaret Visser Quotes) Eating is aggressive by nature, and the implements required for it could quickly become weapons; table manners are, most basically, a system of taboos designed to ensure that violence remains out of the question (Margaret Visser Quotes) We use eating as a medium for social relationships: satisfaction of the most individual of needs becomes a means of creating community (Margaret Visser Quotes) The extent to which we take everyday objects for granted is the precise extent to which they govern and inform our lives (Margaret Visser Quotes)