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“Animals are murdered to produce meat; vegetables are torn up, peeled, and chopped; most of what we eat is treated with fire; and chewing is designed remorselessly to finish what killing and cooking began. People naturally prefer that none of this should happen to them. Behind every rule of table etiquette lurks the determination of each person present to be a diner, not a dish.”

Source: The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners

“One can never be too rich or too thin' is an aphorism attributed to the Duchess of Windsor. Being both rich and thin is a difficult enterprise, indeed almost unprecedented as an ideal. Into the paradoxical gap between the capacity to spend money and the need to eat less steps a brilliant solution: 'light' food. In buying 'light' food we can pay more for what costs less to produce in the first place.”

Source: Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Mea

“At Babbo, each dish grew out of a conversation, trying to put something forth that was new and different. It was a combination of culinary adventurism and the dining-room experience with respect for the classic but with an eye toward innovation. And it was about eating locally, whether produce or fish or meat.”

Trying Different Eye Rooms Produce Grew Conversation Eating Innovation Fishes Combination Meat Classic Culinary Dishes Dining Dining Rooms

Author:Joe Bastianich

“I basically eat a lot of proteins, and I've been eating smaller portions of food. I try to eat all locally raised and organic produce.”

Trying Produce Eating Raised Portions Protein

Author:Norman Reedus

“Miserable mortals who like leaves at one moment flame with life eating the produce of the land and at another moment weakly perish.”

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Author:Homer