I think the quote of the day is especially applicable to the feast we are all about to participate in on Thursday. It comes from Oscar Wilde, irish writer and poet. I think some of us will agree.
“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relatives.”
– Oscar Wilde
"The Importance of Being Ground Chuck" the gory sequel
I’m still riding my high from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter this weekend with Becca. Therefore, I bring you this quote from the woman who wrote my childhood, JK Rowling. It doesn’t have anything to do with food in a direct sense, but you can totally apply it in a metaphorical sense, if you have imagination.
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.”
–JK Rowling
I'm still waiting for my owl acceptance to Hogwarts. RAVENCLAW
Today’s quote comes from humorist and food writer Calvin Trillin. This quote strikes me as interesting because it’s so different from my upbringing. We didn’t really do leftovers (Tina is really weird about that stuff), so it’s interesting to me that there are families who subsist mostly on leftovers. Verrrrry interesting.
“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
FACT: Leftovers cause male pattern baldness. (Disclaimer: I just made that fact up).
In honor of Halloween, I found this funny quote from comedienne Rita Rudner who says something I’ve often thought about: the horrible parenting in America.
“Halloween was confusing. All my life my parents said, ‘Never take candy from strangers.’ And then they dressed me up and said, ‘Go beg for it.’ I didn’t know what to do! I’d knock on people’s doors and go, ‘Trick or treat.’ ‘No thank you.'”
–Rita Rudner
But if she dresses up like a slut, how will anyone know she's in costume?
The first thing I did after finding today’s quote was laugh. Then I read it five more times to try and discern some kind of meaning out of it. I got nothing, other than “Alton Brown is insane.” Can someone please explain this to me?!
“Slicing a warm slab of bacon is a lot like giving a ferret a shave. No matter how careful you are, somebody’s going to get hurt.”
— Alton Brown
I can officially add "Alton Brown" to the list of "Things That Keep Me Up At Night" ...right under Clowns and above The Rubber Suit guy from AHS
Today’s quote is a little more on the serious side (although, not much). It comes from author JRR Tolkien, and I think he really has a point with this. I mean, what do we really use money for anyway–to buy more food! If we didn’t have food, society as we know it would collapse. This is America! Eating is our national pastime!
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
— J.R.R. Tolkien
Also, smoking pot.
Today’s food quote comes from author Orson Welles. I find it to be the most inspiring weight loss advice I’ve heard so far. I’m going to start taking this into account, and I’m positive the weight is just going to melt off.
“My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people.”
— Orson Welles, author
I've got a fever. And the only prescription.... is more BACON
Today’s food quote comes from the fact that I’ve been craving cookies like a mother trucker recently. This is going to be short and to the point so I can go stuff my face with some Tollhouse dough straight out of the fridge.
“C is for cookie, it’s good enough for me; oh cookie cookie cookie starts with C.”
— Cookie Monster
Why is "Cookie Monster" not a viable career option for me?
Today’s quote comes from the very funny and very dead Mitch Hedburg. I was listening to his CD the other day and I remember how much I love his style of comedy and thought this was appropriate.
“I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at the store, oftentimes I will drop it so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential.”
–Mitch Hedburg
I'm glad he didn't live to see Kinko's sell out. "FedEx Office" is a shitty punchline.
Today’s quote comes from American novelist and painter (and Patrick Stewart look alike), Henry Miller. Cullen and I always used to make fun of my dad for his obsession with ketchup. He put it on everything–eggs, macaroni and cheese (blasphemy, in my opinion), fries, meats, fish, etc. My cousin Lacie used to eat ketchup packets straight, not even bothering to put them on anything (which kind of explains a lot).
“Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.”
Henry Miller
Seriously. Slap a red shirt on him, and you'd think he was Jean-Luc Picard.