“Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate, Whose table once a Guest, but not The second time, is set. Whose crumbs the crows inspect, And with ironic caw Flap past it to the Farmer's corn; Men eat of it and die.” MenPastDiesFoodFameTablesCookingCulinaryFarmersIronicGuestsPlatesShiftingCornCrowFickleCrumbs Book:Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)
“What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye? What calls back the past like the rich pumpkin pie?” EyePastRichFoodCookingLipsCulinaryPieThanksgivingPumpkinThanksgiving DayPumpkin Pie Author:John Greenleaf Whittier
“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.” PastGenerationsAdviceFoodCookingCooksKitchenSolitaryMenusCookbookCooking And EatingHome CookingChefs CookingCooks In The KitchenCooking Classes Author:Laurie Colwin
“My kitchen is a mystical place, a kind of temple for me. It is a place where the surfaces seem to have significance, where the sounds and odors carry meaning that transfers from the past and bridges to the future.” KindSeemsPastSoundFoodCookingSurfaceBridgesKitchenTemplesCulinarySignificanceMysticalTransfersOdor Author:Pearl Bailey
“When from a long distant past nothing subsists after the things are broken and scattered, the smell and taste of things remain.” LongPastFoodBrokenTasteSmell Book:Remembrance of Things Past Source: Remembrance of Things Past
“Let us candidly admit that there are shameful blemishes on the American past, of which the worst by far is rum. Nevertheless, we have improved man's lot and enriched his civilization with rye, bourbon and the Martini cocktail. In all history has any other nation done so much?” MenDonePastNationsWorstFoodCivilizationCookingAlcoholCulinaryNeverthelessShamefulCocktailsMartiniBourbonRum Book:The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto Source: The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto
“"I am appalled at the prospect of using water as a vehicle for drugs. Fluoride is a corrosive poison that will produce serious effect on a long-range basis. Any attempt to use the water this way is deplorable." Charles Gordon Heyd, M.D., Past President, American Medical Association.” WayLongUsePastPresidentWaterEffectsFoodProduceSeriousHealthyDrugBasesMedicalRangePoisonAssociationVehicleFluoride Author:Charles Bernhard Heyd
“You sit down at Katz's and you eat the big bowl of pickles and you're eating the pastrami sandwich, and halfway through you say to yourself, I should really wrap this up and save it for tomorrow. But the sandwich is calling you: Remember the taste you just had. So fatty. It's what you want. It's what you are! I've never gotten home from Katz's with a doggie bag in my hand. A pastrami sandwich at Katz's is what's bad and good about food. It's the sacred and the profane.” WantShouldHomeHandsBigsPastRememberFoodTomorrowCallingTasteEatingSacredWhat You WantBagsBowlsWrapsHalfwaySandwichesProfanePicklesFattyPastrami Author:Mario Batali
“As the colonel and I sat swapping stories in the plane, a jet aircraft buzzed past our window. I asked the colonel what type of aircraft it was, and he said, "Don't worry about it, Bob. . . if you can see it, it's obsolete."” IfsSaidStoriesHumorFunnyPastWorryFoodTypeHumorousWindowPlanesSatBobJetAirlineObsoleteAircraftColonelsAir TravelSwapping Author:Bob Hope