"What does cookery mean? It means the knowledge of Medea and of Circe, and of Calypso, and Sheba. It means knowledge of all herbs, and fruits, and balms and spices... It means the economy of your great-grandmother and the chemistry, and French art, and Arabian hospitality. It means, in fine, that you are to see imperatively that everyone has something to eat." ~ John Ruskin (1819-1900) earth2…