Elizabeth David

"It is not an exaggeration to say that peace and happiness begin, geographically, where garlic is used in cooking."

(Marcel Boulestin)

"Provence is a country to which I am always returning, next week, next year, any day now, as soon as I can get on to a train. Here in London it is an effort of will to believe in the existence of such a place at all."

(Elizabeth David)