“Only the pure of heart can make a good soup.”

~ Ludwig van Beethoven

 “Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple...”

~ J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Often I thank him for having, no matter how accidently, taught me to realize the almost vascular connection between love and lobster pate, between eating and romance.”

~ MFK Fisher, Alphabet for Gourmets, “R is for Romantic”

(Food Writer of 27+ books & Founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library)