Mark Kurlansky Quote

Kement a zo fall, a gar ar sall—Everything that is not good asks to be salted. Everything from meat to butter to potatoes was salted. Salt was Brittany’s cheapest product, the one everyone could afford. Another Breton proverb was Aviz hag holen a roer d’an nep a c’houlenn—Advice and salt are available to anyone who wants it.

Mark Kurlansky

Kement a zo fall, a gar ar sall—Everything that is not good asks to be salted. Everything from meat to butter to potatoes was salted. Salt was Brittany’s cheapest product, the one everyone could afford. Another Breton proverb was Aviz hag holen a roer d’an nep a c’houlenn—Advice and salt are available to anyone who wants it.

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About Mark Kurlansky

Mark Kurlansky (December 7, 1948) is an American journalist and author who has written a number of books of fiction and nonfiction. His 1997 book, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (1997), was an international bestseller and was translated into more than fifteen languages. His book Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea (2006) was the nonfiction winner of the 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.