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“A rich and varied menu is for people who have no work to do.”

People Rich Food Menus

Book:The South Pole

Source: The South Pole

“And then I saw the menu, stained with tea and beautifully written by a foreign hand, and on top it said..."Chips with everything". Chips with every damn thing. You breed babies and you eat chips with everything.”

Said Hands Saws Written Food Baby Tea Damn Chips Menus Damn Things Fish And Chips

Author:Arnold Wesker

“the proper place to eat lobster ... is in a lobster shack as close to the sea as possible. There is no menu card because there is nothing else to eat except boiled lobster with melted butter.”

Sea Food Cards Menus Lobster Shack

Author:Pearl S. Buck

“In America, even your menus have the gift of language.... The Chef's own Vienna Roast. A hearty, rich meat loaf, gently seasoned to perfection and served in a creamy nest of mashed farm potatoes and strictly fresh garden vegetables. Of course, what you get is cole slaw and a slab of meat, but that doesn't matter because the menu has already started your juices going. Oh, those menus. In America, they are poetry.”

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Author:Laurie Lee

“One whiff of a savory aromatic soup and appetites come to attention. The steaming fragrance of a tempting soup is a prelude to the goodness to come. An inspired soup puts family and guests in a receptive mood for enjoying the rest of the menu.”

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Book:The Soup Book: 770 Recipes

Source: The Soup Book: 770 Recipes

“Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.”

Source: Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend

“No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.”

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Author:Laurie Colwin

“Roast Beef, Medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. Seated at Life's Dining Table, with the menu of Morals before you, your eye wanders a bit over the entrees, the hors d'oeuvres, and the things a la though you know that Roast Beef, Medium, is safe and sane, and sure.”

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Book:Roast Beef, Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney

Source: Roast Beef, Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney

“The age of your children is a key factor in how quickly you are served in a restaurant. We once had a waiter in Canada who said, "Could I get you your check?" and we answered, "How about the menu first?"”

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Author:Erma Bombeck

“Of all the items on the menu, soup is that which exacts the most delicate perfection and the strictest attention.”

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Author:Auguste Escoffier

“The French fried potato has become an inescapable horror in almost every public eating place in the country. 'French fries', say the menus, but they are not French fries any longer. They are a furry-textured substance with the taste of plastic wood.”

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Author:Russell Baker

“Some of the best fiction writers got their start writing airline menus.”

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Author:Erma Bombeck