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Elizabeth David
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“The grotesque prudishness and archness with which garlic is treated in [England] has led to the superstition that rubbing the bowl with it before putting the salad in gives sufficient flavor. It rather depends whether you are going to eat the bowl or the salad.”
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“It is a very great mistake to suppose, as a few English cooks still do, that spaghetti and macaroni should be soaked in water before cooking.”
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“There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.”
Elizabeth David, English cookery writer
(1913 - 1992)
Full name: Elizabeth Gwynne David, CBE.