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Early on I set out to write the next Great American Novel, and then later on I set out the silverware and enjoyed my dinner in silence. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#dinner #eat #food #great-american-novel #silence

The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture. --The Fruit Hunters ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#gardening #food

I’m going to break one of the rules of the trade here. I’m going to tell you some of the secrets of improvisation. Just remember—it’s always a good idea to follow the directions exactly the first time you try a recipe. But from then on, you’re on your own. ↗

— James Beard

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When you start with an insult and end with a compliment, most people only remember where you started. ↗

— Faydra D. Fields

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A cherry pie is . . . ephemeral. From the moment it emerges from the oven it begins a steep decline: from too hot to edible to cold to stale to mouldy, and finally to a post-pie state where only history can tell you that it was once considered food. The pie is a parable of human life. ↗

— Nick Harkaway

#parable #pie #food

I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food - which they take for granted - but his or her entertainment value. Asmodeus took to his toy enthusiastically. In another week he permitted me to stroke him, producing a raucous purr, but, in order to save his face, pretending to be asleep. ↗

— Geoffrey Household

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We eat the year away. We eat the spring and the summer and the fall. We wait for something to grow and then we eat it. ↗

— Shirley Jackson

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I learned a long time ago with you that folks who were trying to be kind would rather do it with a macaroni-and-cheese bake than any personal involvement. You hand off a serving dish and you've done your job - no need to get personally involved, and your conscience is clean. Food is the currency of aid. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#displays-of-kindness #food #food

You know what I wish? I wish I could put time in a bottle and throw it into the ocean. Then I would have forever to spend with you. I wouldn’t need air to breathe or food to eat. Holding you in my arms would be all the food I would need. Having your love would be the only air I would need to breathe. ↗

— Lynn Austin

#love #romance #food

The maxim that the ‘best is the cheapest’ does not apply to food. ↗

— W O Atwater

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