Most cornmeal producers don't tell you when their cornmeal was milled, which makes it difficult to know how long the product has been sitting in the store before you bought it.

That said, there are certainly still cooks out there who make fantastic historical cornbreads, though the old recipes have often been changed to include modern techniques and ingredients.

I tested a lot of old cornbread recipes and most of them were bland or tough.

Many of America's historical cornbreads were staple breads for people who didn't have many other options.

Most cornmeal producers don't tell you when their cornmeal was milled, which makes it difficult to know how long the product has been sitting in the store before you bought it.

But since you're asking me, I'll tell you my opinion: all cornbread is authentic, as long as it's good, hot, and made with love and fresh ingredients.

If you have a busy natural foods store in your community, give their bulk cornmeal a try: high turnover means the product will most likely be fresh. And if the cornmeal is organic, all the better.

When in doubt, throw it out.

'Vanity Fair' caught me at a very exciting time in my life filled with night clubs, international fashion shows, celebrities and lots of cash to go around. Sometimes things just fall into place. 'Vanity Fair' was one of those things.

I also care that the public are getting their 12 dollars worth when they go to a movie, and that they're not coming out not wanting to ever see a movie with me in it again.

I have spent far too many years trying to make everybody like me. It's not possible. People can say or think what they want.

My mission in life is to try and get to a point where my insides world is not affected by the outside world.

Sometimes you win by losing.

I think, therefore I am' is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches.

The good thing about having our buttons pushed is that we can no longer ignore the sensitive areas where we need to heal.

I am a fierce patriot, and I try to be outspoken about my beliefs.

Not once in my life has the Tory Party come anywhere close to winning an election in Scotland, and yet, for more than half my life, we have had a Tory government. That is wrong and undemocratic.

Some ideas take you to the stars; some sinks you to the mud!

I'd like to do a kind of 'Sunday Night At The Palladium'-style variety show on the BBC.

Customer service is an opportunity to exceed your customers expectations.

What we want is scientists who don't become part of the policy discussion: All they do is produce science. If someone becomes an advocate, then I won't pay as much attention to their science.

The European brand of fascism will probably present its most serious postwar threat to us via Latin America.

You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

Henderson had a thousand times more to do with the discovery of insulin than had Macleod. In the first place, he knew more about it. In the second place, he was consulted before every series of experiments, and he advised, criticized, or commended.

Management is not being brilliant. Management is being conscientious.

My stories are about humans and how they react, or fail to react, or react stupidly. I'm pointing the finger at us, not at the zombies. I try to respect and sympathize with the zombies as much as possible.

As most doctors will tell you, cleansing is ridiculous. You know what's been around longer than that state-of-the-art juicer? Your kidneys. And your liver. Still, the cleanse has recalibrated my definition of a splurge.

I'm good friends with Jay Leno, good friends with Ed O'Neill, Melanie Fiona and Russell Simmons.

My mom kind of led me toward acting. She wanted to be an actress when she was younger. That made me interested in it when I was a kid, because she and I are very close.

I just feel like I have this gift that I've been given. It's like, 'Someone unwrap it! Here it is!' That drive can't be held down.

We were all born equal, but where we are in life now is of our own making.

As governor, it is my highest priority to protect Arizona citizens.

Hit hard hit fast hit often

In consequence of our limited ideas of the sufferings of Christ, we place a low estimate upon the great work of the atonement. The glorious plan of man's salvation was brought about through the infinite love of God the Father. In this divine plan is seen the most marvelous manifestation of the love of God to the fallen race.

To me art is a form of manifest revolt, total and complete.

I played high school football at a hundred and eighty-five pounds and played big league baseball at a hundred and eighty-two. I'd get up to maybe 188 in the off-season because every summer I'd lose eight to ten pounds.