- Good
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- 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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
No, I love Montreal... I think I love Montreal more than Montreal loves me... I love the food there.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have by far the most expensive health system in the world. We spend 50 percent more per person than the next most costly nation. Americans spend more on health care than housing or food.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
My very first job was a cashier at Burger King in Tucson, Arizona. And I occasionally worked the drive-thru. I'd go wherever I was needed! My second job was at Dairy Queen. I stayed in the fast food royalty.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
For dinner, I like to have a protein and veggies again. But because of my ulcerative colitis, really healthy foods are hard on my stomach. Sugars aren't good, and I have to be careful with vegetables. So it can be tough to find food that feels good.
- Favorite Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite thing to do in a new city is find new fast food. I seek it out. I'll tweet and ask people what their favorite local place is, and if I get four or five with the same answer, then I'll check it out.
- Bombarded
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always felt so bombarded with dietary advice that always seemed to make me feel guilty about the 'naughty' food I secretly preferred, that I switched off and ate what I fancied.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rent and the cost of essentials like food and child care are rising so fast that wages are not keeping up.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the winter of 2012, as my fiftieth birthday approached, I began to write what turned into my autobiography, a look at my own life through the lens of food.
- Flooded
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was younger, I read all the great food memoirs, by M.F.K. Fisher and Laurie Colwin and Julia Child and Nicolas Freeling and Ruth Reichl, and felt flooded with a sense of comfort and safety.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's a part of my brain where food, language, and memory all intersect, and it's really powerful. I think I'm not alone in this.
- Buttered
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realized that I've had a really rocky relationship with food - it has not been a gauzy, beautiful summer of ripe melons and perfectly buttered toast.
- Gasoline
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- Nov 07, 2020
I buy food and gasoline - that's it.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout his career, Bloomberg has repeatedly shown blatant disrespect for individual rights and civil liberties. The first thing that comes to mind is probably the way he tried to micromanage New Yorkers' food choices during his time as mayor.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one, and I mean no one, gets personally offended by someone saying a food that they like is just okay - as if I had just attacked one of their character traits - unless 'character trait' is exactly what they consider liking that food to be.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020