One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. ~Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, Pavarotti At the end of every diet, the path curves back toward the trough. —– Mason Cooley The greatest delight the fields and [...]
It’s amazing how pervasive food is. Every second commercial is for food. Every second TV episode takes place around a meal. In the city, you can’t go ten feet without seeing or smelling a restaurant. There are 20 foot high hamburgers up on billboards. I am acutely aware of food, and its omnipresence is astounding. [...]
Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody. —–Samuel Pepys 49. We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink. —Epicurus, ancient Greek philosopher One of the delights of life is eating with friends, second to that is talking about eating. And, for [...]
Always eat grapes downward – that is eat the best grapes first; in this way there will be none better left on the bunch, and each grape will seem good down to the last. If you eat the other way, you will not have a good grape in the lot. —-Samuel Butler A smiling face [...]
Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first. Ernestine Ulmer Eating and sleeping are a waste of time. Gerald Rudolph Ford Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it. Helen Rowland Here is bread, which strengthens man’s heart, and therefore is called the staff of [...]
I wasn’t there. The children were with their aunt. My daughter had been cooking something on the stove and they left the house with the food still cooking. Kimberly Harrison I don’t even butter my bread; I consider that cooking. Katherine Cebrian God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks. John Taylo I have a [...]
I like children – fried. WC Fields. Adam was but human-this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple’s sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. Mark Twain Eat little, sleep sound. Nice Word by Iranian Proverb Anything is good if it’s made of chocolate. Jo Brand Dieting: A [...]
Dr. Samuel Johnson – “A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.” The act of putting into your mouth what the earth has grown is perhaps your most direct interaction with the earth. Frances Moore Lappé The way you cut your meat reflects [...]
Food is our common ground, a universal experience. James Beard Food is so easy and hardly a battle field nowadays: it all goes down with the other “divertissement”. Guy Van Belle On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners. Mikes I just hate health food. Julia Child Your words [...]
Enchant, stay beautiful and graceful, but do this, eat well. Bring the same consideration to the preparation of your food as you devote to your appearance. Let your dinner be a poem, like your dress. ——Charles Pierre Monselet,French journalist The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. [...]