Quotes by Food PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic. Ambrose Bierce portugal cooking food PIE, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion. Ambrose Bierce pie names food HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is. Ambrose Bierce definitions cooking food CRAYFISH, n. A small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but less indigestible. Ambrose Bierce cooking food lobster A chop is a piece of leather skillfully attached to a bone and administered to the patients at restaurants. Ambrose Bierce pieces cooking food Rhubarb: essence of stomach ache. Ambrose Bierce cooking essence food TRICHINOSIS, n. The pig's reply to proponents of porcophagy. Ambrose Bierce cooking pigs food TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally. Ambrose Bierce cooking strong food TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility. Ambrose Bierce passion cooking food Indigestion: A disease which the patient and his friends frequently mistake for deep religious conviction and concern for the salvation of mankind. As the simple Red Man of the Western Wild put it, with, it must be confessed, a certain force: 'Plenty well, no pray; big belly ache, heap God.' Ambrose Bierce religious mistake food WINE, n.Fermented grape-juice known to the Women's Christian Union as "liquor," sometimes as "rum." Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man. Ambrose Bierce wine christian food Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. Ambrose Bierce drunk wine food OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor. Ambrose Bierce oysters food men Glutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia. Ambrose Bierce moderation evil food No one ever went to their deathbed saying, 'You know, I wish I'd eaten more rice cakes. Amy Krouse Rosenthal cake health food Food without wine is a corpse; wine without food is a ghost; united and well matched they are as body and soul, living partners. Andre Simon wine cooking food Among the faithful, in the great kitchens of the world, Escoffier is to Careme what the New Testament is to the Old. Andre Simon faithful kitchen food Cooks are in some ways very much like actors; they must be fit and strong, since acting and cooking are two of the most exacting professions. They must be blessed - or cursed, whichever way you care to look at it - with what is called the artistic temperament, which means that if they are to act or cook at all well, it cannot be for duds or dummies. Andre Simon strong blessed food The first of all considerations is that our meals shall be fun as well as fuel. Andre Simon cooking food fun Beans are highly nutritious and satisfying, they can also be delicious if and when properly prepared, and they posses over all vegetables the great advantage of being just as good, if not better, when kept waiting, an advantage in the case of people whose disposition or occupation makes it difficult for them to be punctual at mealtime. Andre Simon ifs-and vegetables food «1234567891011»