As the days grow short, some faces grow long. But not mine. Every autumn, when the wind turns cold and darkness comes early, I am suddenly happy. It's time to start making soup again. Leslie Newman

My soul is dark with stormy riot, Directly traceable to diet.Samuel Hoffenstein

Sugar is a type of bodily fuel, yes, but your body runs about as well on it as a car would. V.L. Allineare

In general, mankind, since the improvement in cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. Benjamin Franklin

The spirit cannot endure the body when overfed, but, if underfed, the body cannot endure the spirit. St Frances de Sales

There is a lot more juice in grapefruit than meets the eye. Author Unknown

Researchers have discovered that chocolate produced some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana. The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two, but can't remember what they are. Author Unknown

Dyspepsia is the remorse of a guilty stomach. A. Kerr

Happiness is a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry under a shade tree. Astrid Alauda

After dinner sit a while, and after supper walk a mile. English Saying

As for butter versus margarine, I trust cows more than chemists. Joan Gussow

If we're not willing to settle for junk living, we certainly shouldn't settle for junk food. Sally Edwards

Food is an important part of a balanced diet. Fran Lebowitz

Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables. They probably get jet-lagged, just like people. Elizabeth Berry

It would be nice if the Food and Drug Administration stopped issuing warnings about toxic substances and just gave me the names of one or two things still safe to eat. Robert Fuoss

Most of the food allergies die under garlic and onion. Martin H. Fischer

Chemicals, n: Noxious substances from which modern foods are made. Author Unknown

All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt! Charles Schulz

I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

The breakfast slimes, angel food cake, doughnuts and coffee, white bread and gravy cannot build an enduring nation. Martin H. Fischer

Plant a radish, get a radish, never any doubt. That's why I love vegetables, you know what they're about! Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt

Stored away in some brain cell is the image of a long-departed aunt you haven't thought of in 30 years. Stored away in another cell is the image of a pink pony stitched on your first set of baby pajamas. All it takes to get that aunt mounted on the back of that pony is to eat a hunk of meatloaf immediately before going to bed. Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com

Hunger is the best sauce in the world. Cervantes

Happiness is life served up with a scoop of acceptance, a topping of tolerance and sprinkles of hope, although chocolate sprinkles also work. Robert Brault

A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. Old New York Proverb

Soup is liquid comfort. Author Unknown

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician. Meryl Streep

Tell me what you eat, I'll tell you who you are. Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

The greatest delight the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me and I to them. Ralph Waldo Emerson

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. Channing Pollock

There is no sight on earth more appealing than the sight of a woman making dinner for someone she loves. Thomas Wolfe

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. Voltaire

He that eats till he is sick must fast till he is well. English Proverb

Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. Jim Davis

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright

We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons. Alfred E. Newman

Chocolate is like medicine - but as with medicine, the key is the proper dose. Don't overdo it. Edward "Grandpa" Jones

Anyhow, the hole in the doughnut is at least digestible. H.L. Mencken

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

After eating chocolate you feel godlike, as though you can conquer enemies, lead armies, entice lovers. Emily Luchetti

I prefer to regard a dessert as I would imagine the perfect woman: subtle, a little bittersweet, not blowsy and extrovert. Delicately made up, not highly rouged. Holding back, not exposing everything and, of course, with a flavor that lasts. Graham Kerr

Eat little, sleep sound. Iranian Proverb

The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. Chinese Proverb

This is every cook's opinion -no savory dish without an onion, but lest your kissing should be spoiledyour onions must be fully boiled.Jonathan Swift

Food is so primal, so essential a part of our lives, often the mere sharing of recipes with strangers turns them into good friends. Jasmine Heiler

If organic farming is the natural way, shouldn't organic produce just be called "produce" and make the pesticide-laden stuff take the burden of an adjective? Ymber Delecto

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