Food (related) quote of the day . . .

[magnoliainchicago]

Phil Vettel, the restaurant critic of the Chicago Tribune, had a review of Dave Burke's Primehouse, a new steakhouse in today's paper. After dutifully commenting on the food and menu, Phil went on to wax poetic regarding the deccor of the restaurant, describing the leather topped tables, leather banquettes, etc. Pay close attention to the wrap-up sentence:

"The dining room is contemporary and neutral, the cream walls trimmed with dark wood. Tables are covered with pebbled leather, putting me in mind of a steamrollered basketball, and spacious booths are clad in soft leather as well. In other words, dead cows provide the decor as well as the food."

What a great line!!

Maybe we should start a thread of great food quotes. I have several.

 

[ruthab]

Food (travel related) quote #2 ...

"In Spain, attempting to obtain a chicken salad sandwich, you wind up with a dish whose name, when you look it up in your Spanish-English dictionary, turns out to mean: Eel with big abcess." Dave Barry.

 

[yama-d]

Food (related) quote #3....

"Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana."

-- Groucho Marx --

 

[richard-in-cincy]

Food (related) quote #4

"Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside."

--Mark Twain

 

[dawn_mo]

Food (related) quote #5

"Reminds me of my of safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water."

W C Fields

 

[dawnnys]

Food (related) quote #6

"Life is like a glass of beer...once your head's gone, there's nothing" - anonymous

 

[kpinky]

Food (related) quote #7

"Never eat more than you can lift."

Miss Piggy

 

[dianem]

Food (related) quote #8 -

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

George Carlin

 

[cynupstateny]

Food (related) quote #9-and one of my fav's

"Everything you see I owe to spaghetti."
Sophia Loren

 

[pat-nocal]

A few favorite Julia Child quotes.....

"Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it."

"I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate."

"Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet."

"The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude."

"If you're afraid of butter, use cream."

"The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook."

 

[pat-nocal]

And some fun chocolate quotes (click on the link).

http://www.virtualchocolate.com/quotes.cfm

 

[angak]

Meryl, have you seen this? I want the t-shirt for sure!

 

[cynupstateny]

Any way to copy and paste this thread so it can be continued and not archived?