“I wonder if I love the communal act of eating so much because throughout my childhood, with four older brothers and a mom who worked in the restaurant business, I spent a lot of time fending for myself, eating alone - and recognizing how eating together made all the difference.” IfsMadeTogetherDifferencesWonderFourChildhoodFoodBrotherMomEatingCookingRestaurantsCulinaryRecognizingOlder BrotherEating AloneRestaurant BusinessEating Together Book:Bouchon Source: Bouchon
“A child of three cannot raise its chubby fist to its mouth to remove a piece of carpet which it is through eating, without being made the subject of a psychological seminar of child-welfare experts, and written up, along with five hundred other children of three who have put their hands to their mouths for the same reason.” ChildrenMadeReasonHandsThreeFivePiecesWrittenChildhoodSubjectsEatingMouthsHundredRaisesPsychologicalWelfareExpertsRemoveFistsCarpetSeminars Book:Benchley Lost and Found: 39 Prodigal Pieces Source: Benchley Lost and Found: 39 Prodigal Pieces
“[T]ea, that uniquely English meal, that unnecessary collation at which no stimulants--neither alcohol nor meat--are served, that comforting repast of which to partake is as good as second childhood.” ChildhoodEatingEnglandAlcoholTeaMeatMealsUnnecessaryComfortingStimulants Book:Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings Source: Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings
“Eating mindfully is a most important practice of meditation. We can eat in a way that we restore the cookie of our childhood. The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.” IfsWayImportantMomentsJoyPracticeMeditationChildhoodEatingOur ChildrenFilledPresent MomentCookiesJoy And Happiness Author:Nhat Hanh
“I think most of us can remember from our own childhood, just in the Disney cartoons, things that frightened us profoundly. For me it was Bambi, the scene when the forest was on fire. That was something I had nightmares about. I can't imagine being a little kid of eight and seeing Night Of The Living Dead with living corpses eating the flesh of living people.” PeopleThinkingLittlesI CanKidsRememberNightFireImagineSeeingChildhoodSceneEatingEightFleshForestsNightmareFrightenedCartoonLittle KidCorpsesNight Of The Living DeadDisney Cartoon Author:Stephen King
“Most people put their childhood away as if it was an old hat. They forget it as if it was a phone number that does not apply anymore. They think about their life as if it was a salami which they are eating slice by slice and then they become grown-ups, but what are they now? Only those who grow up and still remain children are real human beings.” PeopleIfsThinkingHumansChildrenDoeStillsRealGrowsHuman BeingsForgetNumbersGrowing UpChildhoodEatingPhonesHatsForget ItPhone NumbersReal HumanSalami Author:Erich Kastner
“When 85% of the kids in America don't have one meal with their family, just imagine what that means. Just imagine, life is like a run-on sentence, you never pause. You're always grabbing something. You're eating in front of the television. You're out grazing with your friends, and you're learning and digesting the values of the fast-food culture. And that's what I really believe is destroying this world. We've been indoctrinated from early childhood that more is better.” WorldBelieveMeanKidsValuesCultureImagineChildhoodEatingLife Is LikeEarly Childhood Author:Alice Waters
“I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.” TryingChildhoodExerciseEatingTwistsCapsJarsMayonnaise Author:Richard Simmons
“I don't want you to think that I'm up late reading a stack of Spider-Man comics and eating a tray of lemon cookies while sucking my thumb. I'm not doing that. But I am loyal to the influences of my childhood.” ThinkingMenWantReadingInfluenceChildhoodLateEatingLoyalSpidersCookiesThumbsLemonsSpider ManTrays Author:Nicolas Cage