Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. - Richard Whately
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HAM AND EGGS - A day's work for a chicken; A lifetime commitment for a pig. - Anonymous
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I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian. - Anonymous
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I don't even butter my bread; I consider that cooking. - Katherine Cebrian
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There is no sincerer love than the love of food. - George Bernard Shaw
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There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. - Mahatma Gandhi
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I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli. - George Bush
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Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat. - Jim Davis
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Once, during prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. - W. C. Fields
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It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks. - Pierre Auguste Renoir
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When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper. - Andy Rooney
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I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting. - Andy Rooney
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Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before. - Rita Rudner
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Shredded cabbage goes great with shredded carrots and mayonnaise. - Cole's Law
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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. - Aesop
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Cabbage: A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head. - Ambrose Bierce
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I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage. - Erma Bombeck
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Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive. - Wallace Irwin
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Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. - Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat. - Socrates
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It was kind of boring for me to have to eat. I would know that I had to, and I would. - Kate Moss
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The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other. - Johnny Carson
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McDonalds announced it’s considering a more humane way of slaughtering its animals. You know they fatten them up and then kill them. You know the same thing they do to their customers, isn’t it? - Jay Leno
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I love Thanksgiving turkey...it's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts. - Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Most vegetables are something God invented to let women get even with their children. A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something brussels sprouts never do. (The Bachelor Home Companion) - P. J. O'Rourke
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
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Come along inside... We'll see if tea and buns can make the world a better place. - Kenneth Grahame
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The manner of their living is very barbarous, because they do not eat at fixed times, but as often as they please.
- Amerigo Vespucci
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You can say this for ready-mixes - the next generation isn't going to have any trouble making pies exactly like mother used to make. - Earl Wilson
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A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch. - James Beard
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Food is our common ground, a universal experience. - James Beard
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I don't like gourmet cooking or "this" cooking or "that" cooking. I like good cooking. - James Beard
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A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. - Charles Evans Hughes
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Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine. - Anthony Trollope
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There is such a thing as food and such a thing as poison. But the damage done by those who pass off poison as food is far less than that done by those who generation after generation convince people that food is poison.
- Paul Goodman
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I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate. - Julia Child
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Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet. - Julia Child
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A bum came up to me saying "I haven't eaten in two days!"
I said, "You should force yourself!"
- Henny Youngman
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A bum told me "I haven't tasted food all week."
I told him "Don't worry, it still tastes the same!"
- Henny Youngman
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But those aren't the flavors. That'd make too much sense. Apple and pear, according to Dr. Phil, are body types the bars are made for. Hey, I've got some advice. If you look like an apple or a pear, eat an apple or a pear! [On Dr. Phil's energy bars] - Lewis Black
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Candy Corn is the only candy in the history of America that's never been advertised. And there's a reason. All of the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911. - Lewis Black
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The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it's bad for you. - Isaac Asimov
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Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks. - Lin Yutang
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My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four; unless there are three other people. - Orson Welles
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I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance. - Steven Wright
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When you cook it should be an act of love. To put a frozen bag in the microwave for your child is an act of hate. - Raymond Blanc
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If we aren't supposed to eat animals, then why are they made out of meat? - Jo Brand
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Ever wonder about those people who spend $2 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backward. - George Carlin
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I tell you one thing. I've been to a parallel universe, I've seen time running backwards, I've played pool with planets, and I've given birth to twins, but I never thought in my entire life I'd taste an edible Pot Noodle. - Craig Charles
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Erasers would taste good with this sauce. (on eating escargot) - Jan Sterling
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We don't discuss anything anyway. Unless it appears on Patrick's official breakfast-time agenda. And that consists mainly of food. Minutes of the last meal and proposals for the next. - Alan Ayckbourn
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You know that really was quite the most appalling mean I've ever tasted. I'd forgotten how bad she was. Burnt Earl Grey omelettes. It's almost an art form to mistreat food in that way. - Alan Ayckbourn
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No man is lonely while eating spaghetti. - Robert Morley
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Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. - Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Isn't there any other part of the matzo you can eat? (on being served matzo ball soup three meals in a row) - Marilyn Monroe
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The real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton. (on why he left England for South Africa) - Cecil Rhodes
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Watermelon—it's a good fruit. You eat, you drink, you wash your face. - Enrico Caruso
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Many aspects of my method are based on my feeling and experience. For instance, I always give my bird a generous butter massage before I put it in the oven. Why? Because I think the chicken likes it—and, more important, *I* like to give it. - Julia Child
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Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better. - Robert Redford
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If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating. - Leigh Hunt
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Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts. - Charles Lamb
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I'm not saying my wife's a bad cook, but she uses a smoke alarm as a timer. - Bob Monkhouse
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It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes. - Douglas Adams
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I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead. - Woody Allen
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The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small. - Woody Allen
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American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it. - Dave Barry
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Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling. - Dave Barry
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'Escargot' is French for 'fat crawling bag of phlegm'. - Dave Barry
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying. - Fran Lebowitz
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You know, nobody eats in England. Three or four pints of English beer a night fills you. I can't say I'm very impressed with the food in America. it's all sort of bland. Like turkey sandwiches. - Anne Dudley
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You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times. - Morley Safer
