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Food

An apple is an excellent thing — until you have tried a peach. – George du Maurier

If junk food is the devil, then a sweet orange is as scripture. – Terri Guillemets

There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never make eye contact while eating a banana. – Author unknown

Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts! – James Beard

Sex is good, but not as good as fresh, sweet corn. – Garrison Keillor

Those who forget the pasta are condemned to reheat it. – Author Unknown

The bagel, an unsweetened doughnut with rigor mortis. – Beatrice & Ira Freeman

A bagel is a doughnut with the sin removed. – George Rosenbaum

If you ate pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry? – Author Unknown

Proust had his madeleines; I am devastated by the scent of yeast bread rising. – Bert Greene

Life is a combination of magic and pasta. – Federico Fellini

There is nothing better on a cold wintry day than a properly made pot pie. – Craig Claiborne

Too few people understand a really good sandwich. – James Beard

You can make any meal into a sandwich, and any sandwich into a meal. – Jeff Mauro, a.k.a. The Sandwich King

If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it? – Steven Wright

All sorrows are less with bread. – Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote

What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. – A.A. Milne (1882–1956), “Lunch,” Not That It Matters

No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention. – Christopher Morley

I went to a restaurant that serves “breakfast anytime.” So I ordered French toast during the Renaissance. – Steven Wright