“A trite word is an overused word which has lost its identity like an old coat in a second-hand shop. The familiar grows dull and we no longer see, hear, or taste it.” HandsLostGrowsIdentityTasteFamiliarDullShopsCoatsSecond HandOverused Author:Anais Nin
“I really love the smoked ice cream because it's so unexpected. Yet when you taste it, it's sort of familiar and otherworldly at the same time. I guess that's what I really like about what smoke does to food.” DoeTasteFamiliarIceSmokeUnexpectedCreamIce Cream Author:Steven Raichlen
“My tastes in what I eat at home would be very familiar to most people who cook for families. I just organize those things a little bit differently.” PeopleLittlesHomeWould BeBitsTasteLittle BitFamiliarCooksOrganize Author:Anthony Bourdain
“A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again.” NeedsCountryNextWaitingVoiceAnswersCitiesWeekTasteFamiliarNext WeekCity LifeCity And Country Author:Margaret Mead
“Ordinary folk prefer familiar tastes - they'd sooner eat the same things all the time - but a gourmet would sample a fried park bench just to know how it tastes.” KnowsKnow HowFoodTasteOrdinaryFolksFamiliarParksBenchesSampleGourmetPark Benches Book:The Alchemaster's Apprentice: A Novel Source: The Alchemaster's Apprentice: A Novel
“Do you eat chicken because you are familiar with the scientific literature on them and have decided that their suffering doesn't matter, or do you do it because it tastes good?” MatterSufferingLiteratureTasteDecidedFamiliarChickens Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“Alan: "I had terrible stage fright." Sin: "I'm not familiar with the concept of 'stage fright.'" A: "It's pretty awful. You end up having to picture the entire audience in their underwear. Phyllis was in that audience, you know." S: "Why, Alan, I had no idea your tastes ran that way." A: "Phyllis is a very nice lady. And I do not consider her so much aged as matured, like a fine wine. But I still think you owe me an archery lesson.” ThinkingKnowsWayStillsIdeasEndsSinAudienceNiceStageFineTerribleLessonsTasteConceptsWineFamiliarAwfulNo IdeaRanUnderwearVery NiceFrightMaturedStage FrightArcheryFine WineLike Fine Wine Author:Sarah Rees Brennan