Recipes and Recollections Quotes

“The air was fresh and crisp and had a distinct smell which was a mixture of the dried leaves on the ground and the smoke from the chimneys and the sweet ripe apples that were still clinging onto the branches in the orchard behind the house.”
― Arlene Stafford-Wilson, Recipes and Recollections: Treats and Tales from Our Mother's Kitchen

“The plants and animals all around us were waking from a long sleep, and our yard was slowly transformed into a carpet of soft green, and the skies above our house were filled with choruses of birdsong once again.”
― Arlene Stafford-Wilson, Recipes and Recollections: Treats and Tales from Our Mother's Kitchen