“The arts are not frosting but baking soda.”

“Annie's Soda Bread 4 cps flour3/4 cp sugar1 tsp salt1 tsp baking powder3 TB caraway seeds1 cp raisins1/4 cp butter1 1/3 cp buttermilk1 egg1 tsp baking sodaSift and mix dry ingredients, minus soda. Stir in seeds and raisins. Cut in butter. Combine buttermilk,egg and soda in small bowl. Mix w. dry, turn out and knead. Put in greased pans and bake at 350' for 40 min. Makes two small loaves.”

“You've baked a really lovely cake, but then you've used dog shit for frosting.”

“Sympathizing over the behavior of men is the baking soda of women's friendships, it seems,the thing that makes them bubble and rise.”

“(reading a candy label to her little sister) these are 90% sugar, 10% baking soda, and 0% good for you.”

“I was born on a storm-swept rock and hate the soft growth of sun-baked lands where there is no frost in men's bones. ”