Kitchen Wit

by Jane Brook

Published 8 January 2015

'Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.'

Harriet van Horne

'Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.'

Orson Welles

To paraphrase Mark Twain, if you resist food and drink for the sake of your health, you’ll only have your health. But cooks, imbibers and gourmands will savour every mouthful of this feast of wit. With a menu that includes chefs, food writers and classic humorists, you’ll be laughing from breakfast to supper and coming back for seconds.