Quote by Calvin Trillin
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. – Calvin Trillin

Other quotes by Calvin Trillin

When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere. – Calvin Trillin

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Food
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I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you cant get rid of. – Calvin Trillin

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funny
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I dont cook. I dont know anything about food. Ive never reviewed a restaurant. – Calvin Trillin

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Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. – Harriet Van Horne, “Not for Jiffy Cooks,” Vogue magazine, 1956

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When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste. – Laiko Bahrs

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Cooking

To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a “home” might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation. – Emily Post

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The story of barbecue is the story of America: Settlers arrive on great unspoiled continent, discover wondrous riches, set them on fire and eat them. – Vince Staten

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People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition. – Bob Nelson

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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism. – Noam Chomsky

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