Quote by Lionel Shriver

“Hole your potato, while I peel this one.”

— Mildred Stallworth

“...as soon as I saw the three-bin stainless steel pot sink, exactly like ours, I felt instantly at home and fell into peeling potatoes…

— Gabrielle Hamilton

“Do you know how to peel potatoes?” he asked. “I’m a bad cook, not a moron.” He”

— Nash Summers

“Lord, I can’t live in his mashed potato world. I need my tubers scalloped and diced and baked and fried and different every time.…

— Lorna Seilstad

“Lunch looks grand, Meg. You’ve really outdone yourself,” James commented, loading his plate. He frowned down at an escaping carrot extending precariously over the…

— Shannon MacLeod

“I am having a hard time throwing off the skin that I pick and peel.”

— Samantha Schutz

“As I move along the line, other food items are plunked onto my tray: a small salad of iceberg lettuce and bacos, a slice…

— Augusten Burroughs

“He called the operator from the phone in the kitchen and then left a message for Mr. Keane at his office. As luck would…

— Alice McDermott

“I grabbed a cloud-shaped oven mitt, opened the oven door, and took out the apricot bars. The smell of warm fruit, sugar, and melted…

— Jennifer Estep

“He’s sitting casually at my kitchen table peeling the skin off an apple with a pocket knife, a red apple that he has quite…

— L.H. Cosway

“Eventually, I managed to peel it off, bit by bit, scratching at each piece until it was finally gone.”

— Francesca Martínez

“I brought a fruit basket. Instead of wicker, it’s made of fruit. Specifically, banana peels. I made it myself.”

— Jarod Kintz