"Happy, efficient cooking isn't just about ability; it comes from the heart, makes extraordinary demands on the sense of taste, and needs excitement and a deep love of food to bring it to life." -Georges Blanc

"I come from a family where gravy is considered a drink." -Erma Bombeck

"As with most good things, chocolate has its season. There's a simple checklist you can use to decide if it's a good time to hold chocolate dishes: any month whose name contains the letter An, E or U is the best possible time for chocolate." -Sandra Boyton

"Non-cooks think it's foolish to put two hours of work into two minutes of satisfaction, but if cooking is fleeting, so is artistic dancing." - Julia Child

“Eat without abruptness; do not drink to get up”. -Ben Franklin

"I lean towards the margarine spread, because I confide more in dairy animals than in physicists." -Joan Dye Gussow

"My mom's menu had two decisions: take it or leave it." - My homie Hackett

"Show me another joy like supper that comes every day and lasts 60 minutes." -Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

"An onion can make people cry, but there's never been a vegetable designed to make them laugh." -Will Rogers

"The two biggest merchants in bookstores are cookbooks and diet books. Cookbooks tell you how to put food together and food routine books tell you how not to eat it." -Andy Rooney

"Shellfish are more delicious than any religion...There's nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that matches the thoughtful selflessness of a clam." -Saki

"Why, at that time, the shell mine of the world, which I will open with the sword." -William Shakespeare

"So in our pride we asked for an omelet, toast and espresso for breakfast and what came just recently was a plate of mixed green tomatoes with onions, a pickle dish, a major cut of watermelon and two containers of cream soda." -John Steinbeck

"Nothing would be more boring than eating and drinking if God had not made it a delight as a need." -Voltaire