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“It would be squash fritters, squash pudding, pierogies stuffed with squash until autumn. Every year they ate squash until they were sick of it.”

Book:Goblin Market

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“At the dinner table... CALVIN, looking like an x-ray version of himself: Bombarded by high energy photons, Calvin is transformed into a living x-ray. CALVIN: Although this condition will facilitate future medical diagnoses, it does make Calvin's presence at the dinner table a disgusting ordeal. CALVIN: Everyone can see Calvin's food being ground into mushy pulp and swallowed! At this moment, Calvin chews up a large spoonful of creamed corn! CALVIN'S DAD, leaning in at the dinner table: For gosh sakes, close your mouth when you chew!! You think we want to SEE that? CALVIN, physically back to normal, except that his mouth is open amazingly wide, with full view of his current mouthful: MKGHH! SMACK! BLAGHKH!”

Children Humor Kids Food Meals Satire

Book:Yukon Ho!

Source: Yukon Ho!

“Cinnamon, I realized, is the flavor equivalent of being hugged by your grandmother.”

Food Grandmother Cozy Comfort Food Cinnamon

Book:The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor

Source: The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor

“It is June. I am in Shanghai and I am not tired. June in Shanghai is for cold bubble tea, for kissing, for three-yuan ice creams and misty rain mixing with sweat on skin.”

Food Summer Shanghai

Book:Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai

Source: Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai

“I keep telling myself That you’re just a girl. Another leaf blown across my path Destined to pass on And shrivel into yourself Like all the others. Yet despite my venom You refuse to wither Or fade. You remain golden throughout, And in your gaze I am left to wonder if it is me alone Who feels the fall.”

Love Poetry Isobel Varen

Book:Enshadowed

Source: Enshadowed

“What screamed self-care more than adorable food and reliving your life- defining trauma?”

Humor Food Trauma Sarcasm Self Care Rh Killers And Kings Leigh Kelsey

Book:Crazed Candy

Source: Crazed Candy

“The Red Hot Chili Peppers have a great song about a bridge. And I can relate, because I love spicy food.”

Humor Music Food Absurd Bridge

Book:The Lewis and Clark of The Ozarks

Source: The Lewis and Clark of The Ozarks

“No matter which end of a hotdog you take your first bite from, I’ll tell you you’re eating it backwards. I’m serious, I think you may be dyslexic.”

Humor Food Eating Eat Dyslexic Hotdog

Book:The Lewis and Clark of The Ozarks

Source: The Lewis and Clark of The Ozarks

“From farm to table, that’s my goal. Of course, I want to get there cheaply, by cutting out the greedy middleman carrying all my groceries from the trees to my kitchen.”

Humor Goal Food Greed Kitchen Farming Farm Table Middleman

Book:Eggs, they’re not just for breakfast

Source: Eggs, they’re not just for breakfast

“Why are there no saxophone-flavored potato chips? It's like they don't want my car to run on an alternative form of energy.”

Energy Music Food Absurd Chips Surreal Saxophone Potato Chips

Book:Eggs, they’re not just for breakfast

Source: Eggs, they’re not just for breakfast

“The lack of food makes a cannibal out of a vegan.”

Food Vegetarian Veganism Vegan Quotes Cannibalism Vegan Diet Food Quotes Cannibalistic Quote Cannibalism Cannibals Lack Of Food

Author:Tamerlan Kuzgov

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