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On the Continent people have good food in England people have good

On the Continent people have good food in England people have good table manners. – George Mikes

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You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals. – George Mikes

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In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them. – George Mikes

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In corn, I think Ive found the key to the American food chain. If you look at a fast-food meal, a McDonalds meal, virtually all the carbon in it – and what we eat is mostly carbon – comes from corn. – Michael Pollan

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As we say in the American Institute of Wine and Food, small helpings, no seconds. A little bit of everything. No snacking. And have a good time. – Julia Child

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I think the water dictates how food will taste in a country. In England the apples taste unlike apples grown in any other place. England is an island, theres a lot of salt in the air and in the water. I think that has something to do with it. – Gael Garcia Bernal

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Ive always liked Atlanta. And not just for the strip clubs, but the shopping and the food. – Jon Stewart

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