Quotes by Food The goose we retained until this morning, when there were signs that, in spite of the slight frost, it would be well that it should be eaten without delay. Its finder has carried it off therefore to fulfil the ultimate destiny of a goose. Arthur Conan Doyle destiny food morning I love fruit, when it is expensive. Arthur Wing Pinero fruit cooking food What good is it if you talk in flowers, and they think in pastry? Ashleigh Brilliant flower food thinking 'It is very small for its age,' said Gnathaena. Athenaeus cooking age food Soup puts the heart at ease, calms down the violence of hunger, eliminates the tension of the day, and awakens and refines the appetite. Auguste Escoffier ease heart food So long as people don't know how to eat they will not have good cooks. Auguste Escoffier food long people Of all the items on the menu, soup is that which exacts the most delicate perfection and the strictest attention. Auguste Escoffier perfection food attention The belly is the giver of genius. Aulus Persius Flaccus giver genius food You become what you think. You are what you eat. Barbara Cartland food thinking The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter. Barbara Cartland energy matter food For the millions of us who live glued to computer keyboards at work and TV monitors at home, food may be more than entertainment. It may be the only sensual experience left. Barbara Ehrenreich sensual home food Upscale people are fixated with food simply because they are now able to eat so much of it without getting fat, and the reason they don't get fat is that they maintain a profligate level of calorie expenditure. The very same people whose evenings begin with melted goats cheese... get up at dawn to run, break for a mid-morning aerobics class, and watch the evening news while racing on a stationary bicycle. Barbara Ehrenreich running food morning Food is my drug of choice. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison drug choices food A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand. Barbara Johnson dessert-first weight-loss food Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap. Barbara Jordan anger food thinking Our holiday food splurge was a small crate of tangerines, which we found ridiculously thrilling after an eight-month abstinence from citrus.... Lily hugged each one to her chest before undressing it as gently as a doll. Watching her do that as she sat cross-legged on the floor one morning in pink pajamas, with bliss lighting her cheeks, I thought: Lucky is the world, to receive this grateful child. Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing. Barbara Kingsolver food morning children She set about preparing her supper. It would have to be one of those classically simple meals, the sort that French peasants are said to eat and that enlightened English people sometimes enjoy rather self-consciously - a crusty French loaf, cheese, and lettuce and tomatoes from the garden. Of course there should have been wine and a lovingly prepared dressing of oil and vinegar, but Dulcie drank orange squash and ate mayonnaise that came from a bottle. Barbara Pym wine simple food Who's your fat friend ? Beau Brummell fats food The champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood. Ben Bradlee culinary cooking food Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. Ben Jonson wine food romantic «345678910111213»