“What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But I always felt that I'd rather be provincial hot-tamale than soup without seasoning. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard. — Spike Milligan Copy Share Image
English wine is like Belgian rock or German disco: a waste of everyone's time and money. — Jay Rayner Copy Share Image
“Craving is a good thing.In matters of culinary art, craving creates wonders.” — Andy Paula Copy Share Image
The English will agree with me that there are plenty of good things for the table in America; but the old proverb… — Frederick Marryat Copy Share Image
Food: Part of the spiritual expression of the French, and I do not believe that they have ever heard of calories. — Beverley Baxter Copy Share Image
It is a very poor consolation to be told that the man who has given one a bad dinner, or poor wine,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
He added that a Frenchman in the train had given him a great sandwich that so stank of garlic that he had… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
If we breathe the scent of goodly grass, the fragrance of spices, the aroma of good fruits, we pronounce a blessing over… — Shmuel Yosef Agnon Copy Share Image
Braising eggs in a flavoursome, aromatic sauce is all the rage. It is warming and comforting, ideal for the morning when you… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
Central heating, French rubber goods and cookbooks are three amazing proofs of man's ingenuity in transforming necessity into art, and, of these,… — M. F. K. Fisher Copy Share Image
The key dietary messages are stunningly simple: Eat less, move more, eat more fruits and vegetables, and don't eat too much junk… — Marion Nestle Copy Share Image
EUCHARIST, n. A sacred feast of the religious sect of Theophagi. A dispute once unhappily arose among the members of this sect… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Given the clientele, the restaurants on Capri might resemble those fancy Northern Italian places on the East Side of Manhattan where the… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
The dinner table is the center for the teaching and practicing not just of table manners but of conversation, consideration, tolerance, family… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Hell is probably quite similar to most Paris bistros ... a bit overheated, somewhat too crowded, and a little too noisy for… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
But when that smoking chowder came in, the mystery was delightfully explained. Oh! sweet friends, hearken to me. It was made of… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
A Georgia peach, a real Georgia peach, a backyard great-grandmother's orchard peach, is as thickly furred as a sweater, and so fluent… — Melissa Fay Greene Copy Share Image
I am more modest now, but I still think that one of the pleasantest of all emotions is to know that I,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is precisely because no one needs soup, fish, meat, salad, cheese, and dessert at one meal that we so badly need… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
Scotch Whisky is about the only thing left that is guaranteed to bring comfort to mankind. — Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby Copy Share Image
A cook is creative, marrying ingredients in the way a poet marries words. — Roger Verge Copy Share Image
To barbecue is a way of life rather than a desirable method of cooking. — Clement Freud Copy Share Image
Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is wiser not to stir them. — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
It's important to watch what you eat. Otherwise, how are you going to get it into your mouth ? — Matthew Diamond Copy Share Image
There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better by a little soup. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally… — Laurie Colwin Copy Share Image
Here is a rural fellow that will not be denied your Highness' presence: he brings you figs. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
No mean woman can cook well. It calls for a generous spirit, a light hand, and a large heart. — Eden Phillpotts Copy Share Image
