"...Proust says, 'Chardin has taught us that a pear is as living as a woman, a kitchen crock as beautiful as an emerald.' Since Proust wrote these words painters and writers have revealed other beauties to us - they have made us see the poetry of factory canteens and metro stations, the romance of cog-wheels, iron girders, bombed buildings, dustbins and pylons. But in the excitement of discovering these wondrous things we shall be poorer if we don't give a thought now and again to the pear and the kitchen crock."
Elizabeth David, writing for Vogue in 1960
Still doesn't make me want to actually read Proust, but I love this ED quote.
Indeed a lovely quote...
So how does you country garden grown Ms Lucy?
I hope you are not seeing more flooding near you ... sun's out here... but temperatures are quite liveable...
what a summer!
Sophia
Posted by: sophie munns | January 24, 2011 at 06:31 PM
Oh ED. There's never been another like her. Thanks for the quote Lucy, and for this heavenly photo. So much saturated, moody color lately with the blueberries too. I love it. x
Posted by: Amanda | January 25, 2011 at 01:26 AM
Congrats on the Melbourne Mag mention Lucy!
Posted by: Kate James | January 29, 2011 at 10:54 AM
Just to let you know that there is a new, revised, e-book edition of "Lunch with Elizabeth David". The novel involving David and her mentor, Norman Douglas, originally published by Little Brown, is available in all e-book formats and can be sampled at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/29680
It is also in the Amazon Kindle store.
Posted by: Roger Williams | January 29, 2011 at 10:32 PM
Soph - garden grows well! We found a secret patch of asparagus growing...incredibly excited. Crazy-mad summer, this...
Amanda, she's a gem. X
Kate - thank you!! I had NO idea, and feel quite chuffed, actually.
Hi Roger - thanks for the link. Looks interesting.
Posted by: Lucy | February 01, 2011 at 04:23 PM