At least you'll never be a vegetable - even artichokes…

The artichoke above all is the vegetable expression of civilised living, of the long view, of increasing delight by anticipation and crescendo. No wonder…

— Jane Grigson

The word 'vegetable' has no precise botanical meaning in reference to food plants, and we find that almost all parts of plants have been…

— Charles Heiser

Artichoke: That vegetable of which one has more at the finish than at the start of dinner.

— Lord Chesterfield

“He draws asparagus and cabbages, but he's obsessed with artichokes. He draws them more than any other vegetable. Why artichokes?" George drained his glass.…

— Allegra Goodman

My love for artichokes comes from when I was very young. My mother and father would slice the hearts and fry them, and they…

— Anonymous

Hey, thanks for stopping by," Howard said. "I'd offer you some tea and cookies, but all we have is boiled mole and artichokes. Plus,…

— Michael Grant

She swallowed and looked down at the artichoke petals piled neatly on the side of her plate. Her center certainly felt like it was…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

My career is like an artichoke. People might think that the leaves are tasty and buttered up and delicious, and they don't even know…

— Katy Perry

“My mind started to tumble, much like fresh pasta dough rolls its way through the machine. I hadn't made fresh pasta yet in this…

— Amanda Elliot

It is always allowable to ask for artichoke jelly with your boiled venison; however there are houses where this is not supplied.

— Lewis Carroll

Life is like eating artichokes; you have got to go through so much to get so little.

— Tad Dorgan

I have often wondered who was the first person to realize that eating an artichoke was a good idea.

— Chris Cosentino

In the book of things people more often do wrong than right, investing must certainly top the list, followed closely by wallpapering and eating…

— Robert Klein

In the centre of a spacious table rose a pastry as large as a church, flanked on the north by a quarter of cold…

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

When I was growing up in Mississippi - it was good Southern food... but I also grew up with a Greek family; when other…

— Cat Cora