Quotes on food
We are all dietetic sinners; only a small percent of what we eat nourishes us; the balance goes to waste and loss of energy.
Osler, William
Fish, to taste right, must swim three times - in water, in butter, and in wine.
Proverb, Polish
A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something Brussels sprouts never do.
O'Rourke, P.J.
As for butter versus margarine, I trust cows more than chemists.
Gussow, Joan
Don't forget that the flavors of wine and cheese depend upon the types of infecting microörganisms.
Fischer, Martin H.
I'm not sure what makes pepperoni so good - if it's the pepper or the oni.
Stephens, Ulrik
You can say this for ready-mixes - the next generation isn't going to have any trouble making pies exactly like mother used to make.
Wilson, Earl
The story of barbecue is the story of America: Settlers arrive on great unspoiled continent, discover wondrous riches, set them on fire and eat them.
Staten, Vince
Would you kill your pet dog or cat to eat it? How about an animal you're not emotionally attached to? Is the thought of slaughtering a cow or chicken or pig with your own hands too much to handle? Instead, would hiring a hit-man to do the job give you enough distance from the emotional discomfort? What animal did you put a contract out on for your supper last night? Did you at least make sure that none went to waste and to take a moment to be grateful for its sacrifice?
Anonymous
Did you ever stop to taste a carrot? Not just eat it, but taste it? You can't taste the beauty and energy of the earth in a Twinkie.
Alauda, Astrid
If organic farming is the natural way, shouldn't organic produce just be called "produce" and make the pesticide-laden stuff take the burden of an adjective?
Delecto, Ymber
The bagel, an unsweetened doughnut with rigor mortis.
Freeman, Beatrice & Ira
I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock.
Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti
The spirit cannot endure the body when overfed, but, if underfed, the body cannot endure the spirit.
Sales, St Frances de
Chowder breathes reassurance. It steams consolation.
Paddleford, Clementine
After dinner sit a while, and after supper walk a mile.
Saying, English
Condensed milk is wonderful. I don't see how they can get a cow to sit down on those little cans.
Allen, Fred
Life goes faster on protein.
Fischer, Martin H.
A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.
Huxley, Aldous
I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.
Rooney, Andy
Nobody seems more obsessed by diet than our anti-materialistic, otherworldly, New Age spiritual types. But if the material world is merely illusion, an honest guru should be as content with Budweiser and bratwurst as with raw carrot juice, tofu and seaweed slime.
Abbey, Edward
We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.
Epicurus
In Mexico we have a word for sushi: bait.
Simons, José
I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead - not sick, not wounded - dead.
Allen, Woody
Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook.
Bierce, Ambrose
Happiness is a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry under a shade tree.
Alauda, Astrid
A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.
Beard, James
I just could not stand the idea of eating meat - I really do think that it has made me calmer... People's general awareness is getting much better, even down to buying a pint of milk: the fact that the calves are actually killed so that the milk doesn't go to them but to us cannot really be right, and if you have seen a cow in a state of extreme distress because it cannot understand why its calf isn't by, it can make you think a lot.
Bush, Kate
All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.
Gunther, John
Avoid fruit and nuts. You are what you eat.
Davis, Jim
Sugar is a type of bodily fuel, yes, but your body runs about as well on it as a car would.
Allineare, V.L.
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
It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf.
Dodd, Christopher