Chicago Quote by Patti Harrison

For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.

— Mary Schmich

Food in Chicago is the best.

— Lee DeWyze

“I can tell it's one of those places where they serve "precious" food—appetizers the size of a mushroom cap, unpronounceable ingredients listed for each…

— Jodi Picoult

If I have a weakness, it's probably ice cream. That's where I get lax, sloppy. I'll sneak into the refrigerator at night and take…

— Jack Nicklaus

I always go for something like mac and cheese if I'm hungover. Pasta is great for soaking everything up.

— Monica Galetti

Avoid food products containing ingredients that are A) unfamiliar B) unpronounceable C) more than five in number or that include D) high-fructose corn syrup

— Michael Pollan

“Most tourists, having done some research on Chicago delicacies, order their Italian beef sandwiches "wet," meaning that a slosh of extra meat gravy is…

— Stacey Ballis

I take my own syrup, ketchup, and mustard, just in case of emergencies, in my suitcase. Whatever I can steal from the hotels. It's…

— John Prine

When I was a kid, for my birthday every year, my mother made me pasta bechamel, which is rigatoni with a white cream sauce.

— Giada De Laurentiis

As a child, I was allergic to everything - everything gave me hives. I was like the face of Benadryl as a child; anything…

— Phaedra Parks

Shrimp steak liquor and pasta

— Big Sean

I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.

— Hailey Gates