Irma S. Rombauer Quotes

• Nothing stimulates the practiced cook's imagination like an egg.

  Irma S. Rombauer

  Food, Eggs, Imagination

  IRMA S ROMBAUER (1964). “VOLUME 2 APPETIZERS DESSERTS AND BAKED GOODS JOY OF COOKING”

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• May your rice never burn,' is the New Year's greeting of the Chinese. 'May it never be gummy,' is ours.

  Irma S. Rombauer

  New Year, Years, Cooking

  Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker (1975). “Joy of Cooking”, p.206, Simon and Schuster

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• A pig resembles a saint in that he is more honored after death than during his lifetime.

  Irma S. Rombauer

  Pigs, Saint, Lifetime

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• Correct the seasoning' - how that time-tested direction stimulates the born cook!

  Irma S. Rombauer

  Cooking, Born, Cooks

  IRMA S ROMBAUER (1964). “VOLUME 2 APPETIZERS DESSERTS AND BAKED GOODS JOY OF COOKING”

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• Dried peas and beans, being rather on the dull side, much like dull people respond readily to the right contacts.

  Irma S. Rombauer

  Food, People, Cooking

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• The soufflé is considered the prima donna of the culinary world. The timbale is her more even-tempered relative. On closer acquaintance, both become quite tractable and are great glamorizers for leftover foods.

  Irma S. Rombauer

  Cooking, World, Culinary

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