The next summer, 1794, corn grew dear, and distress began…

“It would be strange if a single ear of corn grew in a large plain, or there were only one world in the infinite.”

— Metrodorus of Chios 4th Century BC

Just as Americans have discovered the hidden energy costs in a multitude of products-in refrigerating a steak, for example, on its way to the…

— Jerry Adler

Our typical Western diet is full of inflammatory fats - saturated fats, trans fats, too many omega-6, inflammatory, processed vegetable oils like soy and…

— Anonymous

Written in support of abolishing the Corn Laws, it became Elliott's most famous poem. The Peoples Anthem When wilt thou save the people Oh,…

— Ebenezer Elliott

I give boring people something to discuss over corn.

— Aimee Bender

Heaven above was blue, and earth beneath was green; the river glistened like a path of diamonds in the sun; the birds poured forth…

— Charles Dickens

...Mr. Wodehouse is a prose stylist of such startling talent that Frankie nearly skipped around with glee when she first read some of his…

— E. Lockhart

Hunger makes you restless. you dream about food - not just any food, but perfect food, the best food, magical meals, famous and awe-inspiring,…

— Dorothy Allison

“...is it really true that we can't afford one attack helicopter's worth of seed corn to listen to the stars?”

— Carl Sagan

From cheesecake on a stick to meat skewers to deep-fried bananas on a stick - there are no plates anymore. In Los Angeles, everything…

— Steve Carell

She may be lying in bed reading a book, she may be making love with a prize fighter, or she may be running like…

— Henry Miller

Growing corn, which from a biological perspective had always been a process of capturing sunlight to turn into food, has in no small measure…

— Michael Pollan

Believe it or not, Mexican cooking, for those of you who have not gone farther south than Taco Bell, uses a lot of vegetables.…

— Sandra Cisneros

Before the world was made, when it was only darkness and mist and waters, God was well aware of Lake Wobegon, my family, our…

— Garrison Keillor

My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or running a…

— Bob Feller