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“The way I saw it, one of the single greatest advantages of being in a relationship was that you got to eat off the other person's plate.”
“At the end of every diet the path curves back toward the trough.”
“To get the best results you must talk to your vegetables.”
“Dinner a time when . . . one should eat wisely but not too well and talk well but not too wisely.”
“Even were a cook to cook a fly he would keep the breast for himself.”
“I feel a recipe is only a theme which an intelligent cook can play each time with a variation.”
“Vegetarianism is harmless enough though it is apt to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness.”
“If you wish to grow thinner diminish your dinner.”
“To a man with an empty stomach food is god.”
“A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek.”
“If you ask the hungry man how much is two and two he replies four loaves.”
“It is a hard matter my fellow citizens to argue with the belly since it has no ears.”
“Fish to taste right must swim three times - in water in butter and in wine.”
“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.”
