Even today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for at least a month and a half, just in case one of the dinner guests turns up without his teeth.

Quote by Calvin Trillin

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Keeping off a large weight loss is a phenomenon about as common in American medicine...

Keeping off a large weight loss is a phenomenon about as common in American medicine...

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the...

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the...

I never did very well in mathI could never seem to persuade the teacher that...

I never did very well in mathI could never seem to persuade the teacher that...

The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic...

The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic...

When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the...

When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the...

I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and...

I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and...

The question about those aromatic advertisements that perfume companies are having stitched into magazines these...

The question about those aromatic advertisements that perfume companies are having stitched into magazines these...

The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.

The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.

I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the...

I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the...

As far as I'm concerned, whom is a word that was invented to make everyone...

As far as I'm concerned, whom is a word that was invented to make everyone...

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the...

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the...

I never did very well in mathI could never seem to persuade the teacher that...

I never did very well in mathI could never seem to persuade the teacher that...

Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the...

Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the...

Health food makes me sick.

Health food makes me sick.

You know, if I listened to him [Michael Dukakis] long enough, I would be convinced...

You know, if I listened to him [Michael Dukakis] long enough, I would be convinced...

Vegetables are organized bodies that grow on the dry areas of the globe and within...

Vegetables are organized bodies that grow on the dry areas of the globe and within...

Cinnamon bites and kisses simultaneously.

Cinnamon bites and kisses simultaneously.

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef...

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef...

A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.

A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.

You know it's a sad day when your child looks at you and asks 'Daddy,...

You know it's a sad day when your child looks at you and asks 'Daddy,...