"What better way to win a heart than to spend a lazy summer afternoon in some shady and secluded country spot, a stream meandering by at the foot of the grassy slope, a few fleecy clouds floating over head, and a bright red-and-white checkered cloth spread out, upon which sits the champagne,the fat wedge of pate de campagne, the strawberries and cream?"
~John Thorne, American culinary writer.
A Cook's Alphabet of Quotations, Penguin books Canada, 1991

Photo: Normandale, Norfolk County, Ontario. Lw