"Vegetarians claim to be immune from most diseases but they have been known to die from time to time."
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"If the English can survive their food, they can survive anything."
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"All things require skill but an appetite."
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"Marxism: The theory that all the important things in history are rooted in an economic motive, that history is a science, a science of the search for food."
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"You can travel fifty thousand miles in America without once tasting a piece of good bread."
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"Not a deed would he do, Not a word would he utter, Till he's weighed its relation To plain bread and butter."
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"Looks can be deceiving; it's eating that's believing."
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"And Tom brought him chicken soup until he wanted to kill him. The lore has not died out of the world, and you will still find people who believe that soup will cure any hurt or illness and is no bad thing to have for the funeral either."
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"I believe in red meat. I often said: red meat and gin."
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"Of course I made many boo-boos. At first this broke my heart, but then I came to understand that learning how to fix one's mistakes, or live with them, was an important part of becoming a cook."
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"The way I feel about it is: Beat me or feed me, but don't tease me. It's toy food; who needs it? Serve it to toy people."
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"Omit and substitute! That's how recipes should be written. Please don't ever get so hung up on published recipes that you forget that you can omit and substitute."
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"Man is a carnivorous production, And must have meals, at least one meal a day; He cannot live, like woodcocks, upon suction, But, like the shark and tiger, must have prey; Although his anatomical construction Bears vegetables, in a grumbling way, Your laboring people think beyond all question, Beef, veal, and mutton better for digestion."
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"Honey comes out of the air At early dawn the leaves of trees are found bedewed with honey. Whether this is the perspiration of the sky or a sort of saliva of the stars, or the moisture of the air purging itself, nevertheless it brings with it the great pleasure of its heavenly nature. It is always of the best quality when it is stored in the best flowers."
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"While the demand for organic food outstrips supply, we happen to know that 77 percent of consumers don't want genetically engineered crops grown in this country. Consumers can choose whether or not to buy organic produce. Genetically modified ingredients will deny us choice in the long run."
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"I was trampled to death by a man who believed his luggage would be the first piece off. If he were an experienced traveler, he would know that the first piece of luggage belongs to no one. It's just a dummy suitcase to give everyone hope."
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"Mother's words of wisdom: Answer me! Don't talk with food in your mouth!"
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"Maybe you know why a child can reject a hot dog with mustard served on a soft bun at home, yet eat six of them two hours later at fifty cents each."
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"The British hamburger thus symbolised, with savage neatness, the country's failure to provide its ordinary people with food which did anything more for them than sustain life."
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"Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex, it's more fun with someone who really likes it. I can't imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food."
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