On Food and Cooking Quotes

“Salsify”
― Harold McGee, On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

“If plants are so well endowed with their own natural pesticides, then why isn't the world littered with the corpses of their victims?”
― Harold McGee, On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

“There are several kinds of cheese that do not melt on heating: they simply get drier and stiffer. These include Indian paneer and Latin queso blanco, Italian ricotta, and most fresh goat cheeses;”
― Harold McGee, On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

“The Challenge of Whole Birds”
― Harold McGee, On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

“Fish are an endless source of meditation and astonishment. The varied forms of these strange creatures, their diverse means of existence, the influence upon this of the places in which they must live and breathe and move about….”
― Harold McGee, On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen