“Un homme peut manger salement, sans devenir un objet sexuel. Pour une femme, il y a un vocabulaire érotique immédiat associé au fait de manger. (cit. Valentine Oudard)”
Source: Mangeuses : Histoire de celles qui dévorent, savourent ou se privent à l'excès
“All Who Agree On Killing Astro, Please Say Pancakes”
Source: Astrodroirs and the Shadowed Heart
“your past experiences will flavour your future ones”
Source: Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine
“It was enough to make us weep and that’s when we realized that we were too hungry to do any of this correctly. We were getting agitated.”
Source: Idle Grounds
“You have to understand that despite the better angels of our nature, a body needed food.”
Source: Idle Grounds
“If thou must love me, let it be for naught
Except for love's sake only. Do not say,
'I love her for her smile—her look—her way
Of speaking gently,—for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day'—
For these things in themselves, Belovèd, may
Be changed, or change for thee—and love, so wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry:
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
But love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.
If Thou Must Love Me”
Source: Sonnets from the Portuguese
“…and there’s also something about Strom Thurmond, whose name always sticks with me because it sounds like Lobster Thermidor, which is a dish that calls for washing head cavities in white wine.”
Source: Idle Grounds
“Food just tastes better when you eat with hands, sitting on the floor, together with family.”
Source: Nazmahal: Palace of Grace
“At funerals, things are different. Everything is there—shrimp and red sauce both,
Lemons, too, all these things being very thoughtful, even the big, blue cloth napkins.
Fancy tongue sandwiches and family-recipe cilantro salsas and olives and pecans,
And everybody there is personally concerned that you should have it all,
Even though you are just a visitor. Eat up, son, they say. They say it repeatedly.
It is curious how you seem to be everybody’s son on these occasions.
They don’t want you to just eat a little, either--Look at that ham.
Have some more, they say. There’s plenty. And they mean it.
That’s what’s left to do at a funeral—make sure people get their fill.
There’s nothing else left, once all the food is there and the people have arrived.
That’s the business of it all. Anything else comes later. Missing a person,
That takes a while. It’s not something you have to worry about now.
Nobody else is hungry, so I come prepared. It never fails. People can be counted on
At times like these. I tell you, it always turns out to be my lucky day.”
Source: Not Go Away Is My Name
“A good salad is not a side dish. It’s a complete meal when balance, texture, and flavor come together.”
Source: SALADS & DRESSINGS: COOKBOOK FOR BEGINNERS: 140+ Fresh and Flavorful Recipes, 30-Day Meal Plan, Smart Pairings, and Healthy Sauces for Every Season