Basil Quote by Brian Jacques

“I slip into the seat behind hers and take a mouthful of the coffee, wincing at the heat. “Apologies. I neglected to eat supper.”…

— Pierce Brown

“What people do at tables.” Strong hands held my legs apart. “Eating.”

— Kylie Scott

“How dare you give the poor woman trouble over those nasty biscuits! If you made biscuits worth eating, sir, perhaps she wouldn’t throw them…

— Sabrina Jeffries

“Two-dollar beers that tasted like barely fermented, yeasty water. We salivated. There was no coursing - in ten minutes plates started pounding the spinning…

— Stephanie Danler

“have you heard about the young Hindu virgin from Kutch, who kept two tame snakes in her crutch, she said when they wriggle, it’s…

— Gerald Durrell

“Out, beefy. The women folk have work to do." Bish laughed and pointed to himself. "I'm beefy, I suppose." "Well, no one else in…

— Shelly Crane

“And then there is the waiter. Not pathetic-decidedly not comic. Never making one of those perfectly insignificant remarks which amaze you so coming from…

— Katherine Mansfield

“For months beforehand, I fielded calls from British media. A couple of the reporters asked me to name some British chefs who had inspired…

— Marcus Samuelsson

“When I am alone, my table manners are rather piggish, but i suppose that's because I don't eat at a table, I eat at…

— Kelli Jae Baeli

“My thanks, m'lady." He reached for the bowl and sniffed the pottage, followed by a cringe. She bit her fingernail. "Oh dear, I'm afraid…

— Amy Jarecki

“Q: There's this talking frog that says he's a prince. What are the repercussions of cooking it for dinner? A: There are none. Make…

— Seanan McGuire

“However, my next-door neighbors had an entirely different manner of eating. When I’d go over there for dinner, it was buffet style, only a…

— Jarod Kintz