Food
Quotes - After a full belly all is poetry
“Hearts
can't be broken because they're made of marzipan.”
―
Kerstin Gier, Smaragdgrün
“New
Orleans food is as delicious as the less criminal forms of sin.”
―
Mark Twain
“The
odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf
of bread are three billion to one.”
―
Erma Bombeck
“Life
itself is the proper binge.”
―
Julia Child
“Tomatoes
and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes
it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese;
garlic makes it good.”
―
Alice May Brock
“A
good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.”
―
Elsa Schiaparelli
“Some
people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others become eating
disorders.”
―
Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
“I've
long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're
talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime
'associates,' food, for me, has always been an adventure”
―
Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
“Elsewhere
the paper notes that vegetarians and vegans (including athletes) 'meet and
exceed requirements' for protein. And, to render the whole
we-should-worry-about-getting-enough-protein-and-therefore-eat-meat idea even
more useless, other data suggests that excess animal protein intake is linked
with osteoporosis, kidney disease, calcium stones in the urinary tract, and
some cancers. Despite some persistent confusion, it is clear that vegetarians
and vegans tend to have more optimal protein consumption than omnivores. ”
―
Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals
“The
shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a
ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of
culture.”
―
Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
“Every
now and then, I'll run into someone who claims not to like chocolate, and while
we live in a country where everyone has the right to eat what they want, I want
to say for the record that I don't trust these people, that I think something
is wrong with them, and that they're probably - and this must be said - total
duds in bed.”
―
Steve Almond, Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
“Always
serve too much hot fudge sauce on hot fudge sundaes.
It
makes people overjoyed, and puts them in your debt.”
―
Judith Olney
“I
hate France. It's like the whole country's on a diet”
―
Gordon Korman, One False Note
“Like
a child who saves their favourite food on the plate for last, I try to save all
thoughts of you for the end of the day so I can dream with the taste of you on
my tongue.”
―
Kamand Kojouri
“Don't
let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.”
―
Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers
“Some
hae meat and canna eat,
And
some wad eat that want it,
But
we hae meat and we can eat,
And
sae the Lord be thankit.”
―
Robert Burns
“Mr
Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked
thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liverslices fried
with crustcrumbs, fried hencods' roes. Most of all he liked grilled mutton
kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine.”
―
James Joyce, Ulysses
“Eating
is an agricultural act.”
―
Wendell Berry, What Are People For?
“How
would your life be different if...You were conscious about the food you ate,
the people you surround yourself with, and the media you watch, listen to, or
read? Let today be the day...You pay attention to what you feed your mind, your
body, and your life. Create a nourishing environment conducive to your growth
and well-being today.”
―
Steve Maraboli, The Power Of One
“Man
is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he
intends to eat until he eats them.”
―
Samuel Butler, The Note Books Of Samuel Butler
“Knowledge
is the food of the soul.”
―
Plato
“Fools
make feasts and wise men eat them.”
―
Benjamin Franklin, Fart Proudly: Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read
in School
“Someone
who eats pancakes and jam can’t be so awfully dangerous. You can talk to him.”
―
Tove Jansson, Finn Family Moomintroll
“My
wife and I tried to breakfast together, but we had to stop or our marriage
would have been wrecked.”
―
Winston S. Churchill
“After
a full belly all is poetry.”
―
Frank McCourt
“When
chickens get to live like chickens, they'll taste like chickens, too.”
―
Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
“There
are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.”
―
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“1
billion people in the world are chronically hungry. 1 billion people are
overweight.”
―
Mark Bittman, Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75
Recipes
“To
a hungry person, every bitter food is sweet. When the preferable is not
available, the available becomes preferable!”
―
Israelmore Ayivor
“To
identify with others is to see something of yourself in them and to see
something of them in yourself--even if the only thing you identify with is the
desire to be free from suffering.”
―
Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to
Carnism
“Food
is a gift and should be treated reverentially--romanced and ritualized and
seasoned with memory.”
―
Chris Bohjalian, Secrets of Eden
“She
spoke of evenings in the country making popcorn on the porch. Once this would
have gladdened my heart but because her heart was not glad when she said it I
knew there was nothing in it but the idea of what one should do.”
―
Jack Kerouac, On the Road
