Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.

—Ambrose Bierce

All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.

—John Gunther

It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

—Lewis Grizzard

In Mexico we have a word for sushi: bait.      —José Simons

If God had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn’t have given us grandmothers.

—Linda Henley

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. —Calvin Trillin

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.    —Doug Larson

There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Soup and fish explain half the emotions of human life.

—Sydney Smith

Cheese — milk’s leap toward immortality.

—Clifton Fadiman

[Breadbaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony. It leaves you filled with one of the world’s sweetest smells... there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel, that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread.

—M.F.K. Fisher

The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you’re hungry again.

—George Miller

You can tell how long a couple has been married by whether they are on their first, second, or third bottle of Tabasco.

—Bruce Bye

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