Anybody who believes that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach flunked geography. – Robert Byrne

What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child? – Lin Yutang

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. – Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright

My favorite animal is steak. – Fran Lebowitz

Worries go down better with soup. – Jewish Proverb

There is no sight on earth more appealing than the sight of a woman making dinner for someone she loves. – Thomas Wolfe

Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts! – James Beard

Training is everything.  The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. – Mark Twain

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

Cold beer and pizza are spiritual. – Betsy Cañas Garmon

Anyhow, the hole in the doughnut is at least digestible. – H.L. Mencken

An empty belly is the best cook. – Estonian Proverb

Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. – French Proverb

There is no such thing as a little garlic. – A. Baer

A converted cannibal is one who, on Friday, eats only fishermen. – Emily Lotney

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. – Voltaire

Soup is just a way of screwing you out of a meal. – Jay Leno

Chowder breathes reassurance.  It steams consolation. – Clementine Paddleford

Red meat is not bad for you.  Now blue-green meat, that’s bad for you! – Tommy Smothers

You are what you eat. – American Proverb

Avoid fruit and nuts.  You are what you eat. – Jim Davis

Those who forget the pasta are condemned to reheat it. – Author Unknown

My soul is dark with stormy riot, Directly traceable to diet. – Samuel Hoffenstein

Great eaters and great sleepers are incapable of anything else that is great. – Henry IV of France

Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables.  They probably get jet-lagged, just like people. – Elizabeth Berry

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

As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices:  take it or leave it. – Buddy Hackett

You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars. – Charles Kuralt

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will’s freedom after it. – Aldous Huxley

He who eats alone chokes alone. – Proverb