“There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.” - Pythagoras   Georg Muffat (1 June 1...

“He that takes medicine and neglects diet, wastes the skills of the physician.” - Chinese proverb   We love vegetables and as Chinese c...

“Spices, of course, are essential…” - Marcus Samuelsson   Five-spice powder is a spice mixture of five (or more) spices used primarily...

“Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.” - Booth Tarkington   Granny’s Funeral (2012; “Adieu Berthe – L...

“Put a compass to paper and trace a circle. Then tell me which other country has such a concentration of places like Amalfi, Naples, Isch...

“I liked myths. They weren’t adult stories and they weren’t children’s stories. They were better than that. They just were.” ― Neil Gaima...

“An awareness of your mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.” - Bernie Siegel   Jan Autengruber (25...

“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.” - Abraham Maslow ...

“Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.” - A. A. Milne   It’s Spring in Melbourne and on fine days we love to go walking. Cl...

“Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.” - Honoré de Balzac   Aloysia citrodora is a species of flowering plant ...

“Praise the sea maid, daughter of Aphrodite, bride of Helios, this isle of Rhodes.” – Pindar ; Odes Olympian 7 ep1   Welcome to the Tra...

“If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary...

“When women pose thoughtfully and artistically - in nothing but their bare skin - they find themselves. They discover that they are truly...

“I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no melancholy.” - Charles Baudelaire   Josef Suk (4 January 1874 – 29 May...

“Fresh herbs really belong anywhere you put them.” - Alex Guarnaschelli   Basil ( Ocimum basilicum ), also called great basil or Saint...

“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.” ― Anaïs Nin Welcome to the T...