“Anything that walks, swims, crawls, or flies with its back to heaven is edible.”
(Cantonese saying. Source: The Chinese Kitchen by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo)
“For a gourmet wine is not a drink but a condiment, provided that your host has chosen correctly.”
Edouard De Pomaine, French author
There are two reasons for drinking wine…when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it… prevention is better than cure.
Thomas Love PeacockWhat some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
George Dennison Prentice
A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.
James Beard
“Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance.”
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
“When Wine enters, out goes the Truth.”
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Poor Richard’s Almanac
“Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity” (Voltaire)
Welcome to the world of fine wine and dining according to Sir Robert Gobe Shité.
I travel the world in search of the best food and wine experiences, awarding the coveted Golden Skidmark to deserving establishments or Chefs.
Follow me as I dine for England!