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“His stomach tried to propel itself out of his throat. His mouth hinged open all by itself—the better to upchuck you with, my dear—and…

— Rick Riordan

“Still riled, Agnes picked up the calf's head and plunged it into a pot with white wine, lemon pickle, walnut-and-mushroom catsup, an anchovy, a…

— Janet Gleeson

“Among the loose animals, the Keeper’s sick camel, a lady of brittle temper, had bobbed her tassels and sunk her yellow teeth three times…

— Dorothy Dunnett

“The restorative effect of a tasty dinner is quite remarkable. When the going gets tough, the tough get cooking.”

— Roz Savage

“Eating be eating, b'ain't it, Birdie?' 'Nay, Uncle Bear: In Caermelor, at the Royal Court, they be so-oh, so much more advanced than anywhere…

— Cecilia Dart-Thornton

“With each new course, he offers up little bites of the ethos that drives his cooking, the tastes and the words playing off each…

— Matt Goulding

“A culinary triumph: the ingenious use of food as an offensive weapon.”

— James Hamilton-Paterson

“He lay back for a little in his bed thinking about the smells of food… of the intoxicating breath of bakeries and dullness of…

— Evelyn Waugh

“I started in our neighborhood, buying a pastrami burrito at Oki Dog and a deluxe gardenburger at Astro Burger and matzoh-ball soup at Greenblatt's…

— Aimee Bender

“Uncle Albert fished in a canvas bag for bread, wine, cheese, and dried salami. The Beltraminis broke out five ripe cantaloupes. Pino’s father sat…

— Mark T. Sullivan

“Follows here the strict receipt For that sauce to faint meat, Named idleness, which many eat By preference, and call it sweet: First watch…

— George Eliot

The French use cooking as a means of self-expression, and this meal perfectly represented the personality of a cook who had spent the morning…

— Rebecca West