- Nov 07, 2020
Food Quotes
Food as comfort, hardship, and honest confession.
This collection spans food's range, from the humiliation of accidentally poisoning a dinner guest to a genuine hardship of not having enough money for basic meals or clothes while starting out. For lighter, image-ready food lines, see Captions.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
When someone watches us eating, we feel exposed. We might also harbor a suspicion that the person staring wants to steal food from our plate. The taboo, in any case, is long-standing.
- Coffee
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- Nov 07, 2020
Years ago, during a John Grisham phase, I tried to pinpoint exactly why I found Grisham's often predictable legal thrillers quite so comforting. The best answer I could come up with was the frequency with which Grisham tells us that his lead characters are sipping coffee. When it comes to food and drink, predictability can console.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll paddle board, swim in the ocean, roll in the sand, soak up the sun, eat good food, be with friends and family and go fishing with my dad.
- Fresh
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- Nov 07, 2020
The food in Sydney is an Asian Pacific cuisine. It's eclectic but above all it's fresh, inventive and creative and that's what I love about it.
- Kitchen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm Beanie, and I'm terrible in the kitchen, so I just need so much help. And I'm allergic to dairy, so vegan food is a love of mine.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love home cooking, and I'm not a great one for fast food.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've become slaves to words like 'local,' 'fresh,' and 'seasonal.' We all want to be Thomas Jefferson's agrarian hero, but sustainable food is a difficult beast.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I like about Calcutta is the food. I like simple Bengali food like dal, shukto, fish, and mutton.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not really a fan of healthy food - I love eating! But, of course, I do work out.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started to read labels around age 18 or 19. I don't buy things that don't sound like food, and I've been that way all my life. I do go through phases, during which I eat meat for maybe three months then don't. I do eat lots of vegetables. It's the same with dairy - I'll eat it then stop.
- Muse
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- Nov 07, 2020
To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020