My spirit and appetite wander extravagantly through the pages of books and magazines, but my body and stomach stick close to home with few exceptions, Canada and Glacier National Park, and a long-ago visit to San Francisco where I enjoyed chipeeno... at the Old Clam House.
-- Imogen (Part One: October 12th, 1962)

Importance: This quote establishes how Imogen, despite being a well known magazine food writer, does not actually have that much experience with food outside of her home. This is not a bad thing. Instead, it means that her viewpoint is much different than Joan's and both can give the other new recipes to try. Therefore, both Joan and Imogen have valuable insight into their shared hobby and plenty of room to grow with the advice of the other.

Women are groomed to accept a certain degree of helplessness, but men, especially men like Francis who fought face-to-face in the trenches, are unsettled I believe by...
-- Imogen (Part One: January 5, 1963)