“Daddy, how come in Kansas City the bagels taste like just round bread?” — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
I like chili, but not enough to discuss it with someone from Texas. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
Many Texas barbecue fanatics have a strong belief in the beneficial properties of accumulated grease. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
There is no question that Rumanian-Jewish food is heavy. One meal is equal in heaviness, I would guess, to eight or nine… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
“In the rather informal survey I have taken over the years on intensity of interest in food by profession, lawyers rank only… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
It happens to be a matter of record that I was first in print with the discovery that the tastelessness of the… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
Fairs are good places to eat, particularly for stand-up eaters--which is one of the kinds of eaters I am, although when I… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
When helicopters were snatching people from the grounds of the American embassy compound during the panic of the final Vietcong push into… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still. — Calvin Trillin 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
When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better.… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
“I am firmly committed to the proposition that whoever is in power is exceedingly silly… And that goes for the opposition as well.” — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
Perhaps we've time to have a look at the Number Thirty-One bus queue before we turn in. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
“All White House hopefuls we forewarn: You'll have to prove that you were born. Before Trump hits the state of granite, He must identify… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
If bumblebee leavings and stump paste are so good for you, why can't any of those guys (in the health stores) grow full beards? — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
Avoid restaurants with names that are improbable descriptions, such as the Purple Goose, the Blue Kangaroo or the Quilted Orangutan. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
Fairs are good places to eat, particularly for stand-up eaters--which is one of the kinds of eaters I am, although when I eat standing… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
