Complementary Flavors Quotes

Sweet meat must have sour sauce.

Good cheese needs good companions.

Wine buffs write and talk as though the food and wine will be in your mouth at the same time, that one is there to be poured over the other. This is bullshit. Gustatory enjoyment comes from food and wine and cigars of your liking. So far no one has said that a Monte Cristo is the only cigar to smoke after Armagnac, Romeo and Juliet after Calvados ... but the time may yet come.

A plate of food has to have balance. For example, a mild fish like skate mustn't be overwhelmed by the side dishes. They should have personality and color, but they also have to be subtle.

I would not have thought of eating a meal without drinking a beer.

The taste of any simple tomato-based salad is dependent on the quality of the tomatoes.

Wit is better as a seasoning than as a whole dish by itself.

A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to share a bowl.