“Dear gourmands! my bowels yearn towards them as a father's toward his children. They are so good natured! They have such sparkling eyes!” ChildrenEyeFatherFoodCookingDearCulinarySparklingGood NatureBowels Author:Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
“Given the clientele, the restaurants on Capri might resemble those fancy Northern Italian places on the East Side of Manhattan where the captain has taken bilingual sneering lessons from the maitre d' at the French joint down the street and the waiter, whose father was born in Palermo, would deny under torture that tomato sauce has ever touched his lips.” MightFatherGivenSidesBornTakenStreetsFoodLessonsCookingLipsDenyEastTortureFancyRestaurantsTouchedCulinaryItalianCaptainsJointsManhattanSauceTomatoesWaiterEast SideCapri Book:Third Helpings Source: Third Helpings
“Tis not her coldness, father, That chills my labouring breast; It's that confounded cucumber I've ate and can't digest.” FatherFoodCookingBreastsCulinaryChillColdnessCucumbers Book:The Ingoldsby Legends Or Mirth and Marvels Source: The Ingoldsby Legends Or Mirth and Marvels
“I began reading cook books when I was six, cause my father had hundreds of cook books in the kitchen. I was obsessed with cooking and tasting different recipes. I got lost in being a compulsive eater. It brought me much happiness. Sadness too, sure. But I have to say, and compulsive eaters will agree with me, for that few seconds that you're eating, food tastes just great.” BookDifferentReadingFatherLostCausesSadnessTasteSixEatingAgreeCookingCooksObsessedKitchenSecondsRecipesTastingEating FoodHappiness Sadness Author:Richard Simmons