#food

The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion of the outgo used for food, other things being equal, is the best measure of the material standard of living of a population. ↗

— Ernst Engel

#best #equal #family #food #greater

My favorite comfort food would have be braised beef. You know, beef, slow-cooked in a Dutch oven or in a slow cooker until it falls apart with simple mushrooms, some onions and lots of fresh thyme and garlic. ↗

— Tyler Florence

#beef #comfort #comfort food #dutch #falls

People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food. ↗

— Dorothy Gilman

#food #much #need #nourishment #people

There is such a thing as food and such a thing as poison. But the damage done by those who pass off poison as food is far less than that done by those who generation after generation convince people that food is poison. ↗

— Paul Goodman

#convince #damage #done #far #far less

I always say centered food equals centered behavior. ↗

— Marilu Henner

#always #behavior #centered #equals #i

...I was not prepared for the feel of the noodles in my mouth, or the purity of the taste. I had been in Japan for almost a month, but I had never experiences anything like this. The noodles quivered as if they were alive, and leapt into my mouth where they vibrated as if playing inaudible music. ↗

— Ruth Reichl

#japan #experience

So this is what commodity corn can do to a cow: industrialize the miracle of nature that is a ruminant, taking this sunlight- and prairie grass-powered organism and turning it into the last thing we need: another fossil fuel machine. This one, however, is able to suffer. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#corn #cows #factory-farms #food #industry

I'm a man. Men cook outside. That outdoor grilling is a manly pursuit has long been beyond question. If this wasn't understood, you'd never get grown men to put on those aprons with pictures of dancing weenies on the front, and messages like 'Come 'n' Get It! ↗

— William Geist

#men #food

I don't like him." Looking from Kale to Alex, Ginger said, "I don't like cabbage. Do you see me taking on the produce section of the food store? ↗

— Jus Accardo

#old-lady #wisdom #food

They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival. ↗

— Russel Honore

#call #food #get #i #into