Clementine Paddleford

A tiny radish of passionate scarlet, tipped modestly in white.

We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on the farm or in the hometown left behind.

Never grow a wishbone daughter where you backbone ought to be.

Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where you backbone ought to be.

Never grow a wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

Beer is the Danish national drink, and the Danish national weakness is another beer.