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1 " it is one of the great sandwiches of all time and has swept its way around the world after an American beginning. Nowadays the sandwich is bastardized because it is usually made as a three-decker, which is not authentic (whoever started that horror should be forced to eat three-deckers three times a day the rest of his life), and nowadays practically everyone uses turkey and their’s a vast difference between turkey and chicken where sandwiches are concerned. "
― James Beard , James Beard's American Cookery
2 " This is the closest bridge I have found to that rather horrendous soup called Manhattan clam chowder. "
3 " People are also trying to achieve good honest bread in their own kitchens once again, and that is perhaps the healthiest sign of all—a return not only to home baking but also to the most fundamental traditions of American cookery. "
4 " Bacon-Fried Chicken "
5 " There is absolutely no relationship between an artificially flavored canned pork and a real ham. "