“I learned that food offers entree to big picture issues. Like race and class, gender and justice. Through the years, when I tried to tackle those matters head-on, I often lost an audience. But at tables piled high with country ham, buttermilk biscuits and redeye gravy, I've marveled as all have leaned in close to eat, to talk, to listen. I've come to believe that time at table offers our best chance for all---for black and white, rich and poor---to acknowledge our past and celebrate our future in a spirit of reconciliation.
-John T. Edge, Director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi”
Quote by Garden and Gun
“It’s called an artichoke” Lexi told him. “It’s good for you.”
“Good for you how? I mean the choke part I get”
Source: Emergence
“This robot is just like me when I see a slice of cake.”
Source: Game of Mass Destruction
“Food can be tricky. Sometimes we get caught up in using food to reward ourselves or as self-care in a less-than-constructive way, trying to cheer ourselves up with treats that may make us feel good emotionally but that don’t pack as great a reward for our nutritional levels. And sometimes, when you feel like most of your life is out of control, eating food becomes something that you can control. Remember, an extravagant food-based treat once in a while can be indulgent, but indulge too often, and it’s no longer a treat.”
Source: The Witch's Book of Self-Care: Magical Ways to Pamper, Soothe, and Care for Your Body and Spirit
“Honor yourself enough to take time to prepare something nourishing with love. Sit down without distractions, give thanks to your food, and enjoy it.”
Source: Mastering Your Mean Girl: The No-BS Guide to Silencing Your Inner Critic and Becoming Wildly Wealthy, Fabulously Healthy, and Bursting with Love
“As much as I love hiking and hunting and fishing and camping, I might love the meals that follow just as much. The post-adventure meal is akin to a religious experience. It just cannot be beat. Every time I leave the mountains or woods, my mind turns to where I can get a good greasy meal and cold beverage. And no matter how grubby the restaurant is or how piss poor the food looks, it always ends up being the best meal I've ever had. Always.”
Source: That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
“Sie blickte an sich herab – ein paar blasse Dehnungsstreifen auf den Oberschenkelinnenseiten und am Bauch. Und man sah ihr an, dass sie gut zu Abend gegessen hatte. Also nichts, wofür sie sich schämen müsste.”
Source: Gefangen zwischen Eis und Feuer (Erotische Abenteuer in Arl Sere 1)
“An oak tree can make 25 kilograms of glucose every single day. That’s the weight of a small child or a female golden retriever.”
Source: Ingredients The Strange Chemistry of Plants, Poisons and Processed Foods
“Food goes bad because of life: the life that lingers in its cells after the organism dies and the life takes over the body of the dead. Preventing that life prevents decomposition.”
Source: Ingredients The Strange Chemistry of Plants, Poisons and Processed Foods
“it doesn't matter for you to work harder. but, it does matter for you to make yourself more happier. you deserve to be lazy sometimes, travel to your favorite place, eat your favorite food, drink your coffee and think "i am the one who has to be happy first”
“Now, I was unemployed in Beijing, and my former ambition seemed like the pollution that smudged the sky, a great green cloud composed of a billion different particles of fear and uncertainty. Without a career I hardly knew who I was anymore.”
Source: Mastering the Art of French Eating: Lessons in Food and Love from a Year in Paris