“Food is language; cuisine is a dialect.”
Source: Cuisine is a Dialect, A Leisurely Stroll Through the Edible History of Provincetown
“Bon VoyApetit!”
Source: Cuisine is a Dialect, A Leisurely Stroll Through the Edible History of Provincetown
“Some may go so far as to label these pleasures vices, but I would not, for what is a vice after all, but a pleasure with a bad reputation?”
Source: Cuisine is a Dialect, A Leisurely Stroll Through the Edible History of Provincetown
“The waitress showed up then with our order, and we had to set to arranging our table so that none of the appetizers fell off. I wouldn't want to have lost any of the crunchy cucumbers marinated in a sweet, tangy vinegar, not quite long enough to become pickles but long enough where they weren't cucumbers anymore, or a single bite of the candied pork belly, rich and marinated in sticky sweet soy sauce, tucked in between pillowy buns and scattered with the crunch of peanuts.
Alice pushed the third appetizer, which had only been called Fried Eggplant on the menu, toward me. "Eat this."
I obeyed, closing my eyes to focus. The thin sticks of Chinese eggplant crunched with breading on the outside and melted creamy smooth in my mouth on the inside, made even better with a swipe of the silky, mild tofu sauce coating the bottom of the plate. Every time I when I was starting to feel like it was too rich and I might need a break, my tongue would hit a sprinkle of tart black vinegar and reset the richness levels. "Heaven.”
Source: Best Served Hot
“The doctors ignored me when I was telling them I was food intolerant!”
“It made me feel peaceful, just being in the grocery store, looking at the piles of fresh fruit and vegetables. Bananas, apricots and melons. That sweet smell of ripe spanspek.”
Source: Recipes for Love and Murder
“Human dietary variation, including our ability to intensify carbohydrate-rich resources, is known to be a key evolutionary strenght. Diet and environment are key drivers of our evolutionay past, and a transition to agriculture among many populations worldwide has had far-reaching implications for our foodways and health.”
Source: Palaeopathology and Evolutionary Medicine: An Integrated Approach
“Diet has played a role in the evolutionary success of our species and the diversity of local diets exploited may be a key to a health strategy in adapting to local environments.”
Source: Palaeopathology and Evolutionary Medicine: An Integrated Approach
“When you feed them, you can control them .
When you fund them, you can control them.
That is why it is dangerous to take food from anybody or money from anyboy.
Even donations, because if those people don’t have integrity and are not good people.
You will be controlled by monsters.”
“I decided that love is when you have food in your mouth that you know is not going to make you fat. Lust is when you have food in your mouth that is going to make you fat. Fear is the day after you had food in your mouth that is going to make you fat.”
Source: Milk Fed