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“And you stagger down to break your fast. Greasy bacon and lacquered eggs And coffee composed of frigid dregs.”

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Ogden Nash was an American poet known for his witty and humorous poetry. His works are characterized by their clever wordplay and satire, and have been beloved by readers. more

“Any part of the piggy Is quite all right with me Ham from Westphalia, ham from Parma Ham as lean as the Dalai Lama Ham from Virginia, ham from York, Trotters Sausages, hot roast pork. Crackling crisp for my teeth to grind on Bacon with or without the rind on Though humanitarian I'm not a vegetarian. I'm neither crank nor prude nor prig And though it may sound infra dig Any part of the darling pig Is perfectly fine with me.”

May Sound Food Fine Hot Cooking Humanitarian Teeth Culinary Vegetarian Pigs Darling Grind Virginia Pork Ham Sausage Crisps Lama Crank Dalai Piggy Prudes

Author:Noel Coward

“Appetite comes with eating.”

Desire Food Eating Cooking Culinary Appetite

Book:Gargantua and Pantagruel

Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel

“Approaching the stove, she would don a voluminous apron, toss some meat on a platter, empty a skillet of its perfectly cooked a point vegetables, sprinkle a handful of chopped parsley over all, and then, like a proficient striptease artist, remove the apron, allowing it to fall to the floor with a shake of her hips.”

Artist Fall Food Empty Cooking Hips Meat Shakes Remove Culinary Allowing Vegetables Handful Toss Stoves Sprinkles Aprons Parsley

Author:Bert Greene

“Artichoke: That vegetable of which one has more at the finish than at the start of dinner.”

Food Cooking Dinner Culinary Vegetables Artichokes

Author:Lord Chesterfield

“As a rule they will refuse even to sample a foreign dish, they regard such things as garlic and olive oil with disgust, life is unliveable to them unless they have tea and puddings.”

Life Is Food Regard Cooking Refuse Oil Tea Culinary Disgusting Dishes Sample Olives Pudding Garlic Olive Oil

Book:The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: As I please, 1943-1945

Source: The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: As I please, 1943-1945

“As for bread, I count that for nothin'. We always have bread and potatoes enough; but I hold a family to be in a desperate way when the mother can see the bottom of the pork barrel. Give me children that's raised on good sound pork afore all the game in the country. Game's good as a relish and so's bread; but pork is the staff of life... My children I calkerlate to bring up on pork with just as much bread and butter as they want.”

“Bait the hook well. This fish will bite.”

Wells Food Cooking Fishes Culinary Bites Hook Bait

Book:The plays of William Shakespeare

Source: The plays of William Shakespeare

“Bakers of bread rolls and pastry cooks will not buy grain before eleven o'clock in winter and noon in summer; bakers of large loaves will not buy grain before two o'clock. This will enable the people of the town to obtain their supply first. Bakers shall put a distinctive trademark on their loaves, and keep weights and scales in their shops, under penalty of having their licenses removed.”

People Firsts Two Food Summer Weight Towns Cooking Winter Scales Bread Cooks Clock Shops Culinary Grain Penalties License Eleven Noon Distinctive Bakers Pastries Trademarks Licenses

Author:Cardinal Richelieu

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