“Three million frogs' legs are served in Paris - daily. Nobody knows what became of the rest of the frogs.” KnowsThreeMillionsFoodCookingLegsParisCulinaryFrogsNobody Knows Author:Fred Allen
“I devoured hot-dogs in Baltimore 'way back in 1886, and they were then very far from newfangled...They contained precisely the same rubber, indigestible pseudo-sausages that millions of Americans now eat, and they leaked the same flabby, puerile mustard. Their single point of difference lay in the fact that their covers were honest German Wecke made of wheat-flour baked to crispiness, and not the soggy rolls prevailing today, of ground acorns, plaster-of-Paris, flecks of bath-sponge, and atmospheric air all compact.” WayMadeFactsTodayDifferencesMillionsAirHonestDogFoodHotCookingLaysParisCulinaryBathsWheatPrevailingRubberSausageBaltimoreSpongesPseudoCompactHot DogMustardFlourAcornsPlasters Author:H. L. Mencken
“On Thanksgiving, you realize you're living in a modern world. Millions of turkeys baste themselves in millions of ovens that clean themselves.” WorldRealizingMillionsModernFoodCookingCleanCulinaryTurkeysModern WorldOvens Book:Brain Droppings Source: Brain Droppings
“For the millions of us who live glued to computer keyboards at work and TV monitors at home, food may be more than entertainment. It may be the only sensual experience left.” MayHomeLeftMillionsFoodTvsComputerEntertainmentSensualKeyboardsComputer Keyboards Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“The meat industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars lying to the public about their product. But no amount of false propaganda can sanitize meat. The facts are absolutely clear: Eating meat is bad for human health, catastrophic for the environment, and a living nightmare for animals” HumansFactsLyingAnimalMillionsClearEnvironmentFoodHealthProductsIndustryAmountEatingMusicianDollarsPropagandaMeatNightmareVegetarianVeganHealthy EatingAnimal AbuseEating MeatHuman HealthMeat Industry Author:Chrissie Hynde
“Some people think plant-based diet, whole foods diet is extreme. Half a million people a year will have their chests opened up and a vein taken from their leg and sewn onto their coronary artery. Some people would call that extreme.” PeopleThinkingYearsWholeHalfMillionsTakenFoodPlantExtremesLegsDietsChestsPhysiciansVeinsHealthy EatingArteriesPlant Based DietWhole FoodsHeart SurgeryCardiologist Author:Caldwell Esselstyn
“This year, U.S. airlineswill carry a record 143 million passengers, who will be in the air for 382 million hours, during which they will be fed an estimated total of four peanuts.” YearsHumorFunnyHoursMillionsRecordsFourAirFoodHumorousFedsAirlinePassengersPeanutsAir Travel Book:Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down Source: Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down
“You have increasing poverty and increasing wealth. Fine food is one way to dispense with a lot of money... It's understanding that our daily choices about food connect us to a worldwide economic system. And that economic system - not scarcity - creates worldwide hunger for millions of people.” PeopleWayChoicesUnderstandingWealthPovertyMillionsEconomicFoodFineEatingCookingHungerOne WayLots Of MoneyScarcityEconomic SystemsDaily Choices Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Children, not a grain of the food we eat is made purely by our own effort. What comes to us in the form of food is the work of others, the bounty of Nature and God's compassion. Even if we have millions of dollars, we still need food to satisfy our hunger. Can we eat dollars? Therefore, never eat anything without first praying with humility.” IfsNeedsFirstsChildrenMadeStillsFormEffortCompassionMillionsFoodHumilityPrayingDollarsHungerGrainBountyGod And Nature Author:Mata Amritanandamayi