And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.

The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. A person cooking is a person giving: even the simplest food is a gift.

There is nothing like soup. It is by nature eccentric: no two are ever alike, unless of course you get your soup in a can.

Many people eat salad dutifully because they feel it is good for them, but more enlightened types eat it happily because it is good.

The sharing of food is the basis of social life, and to many people it is the only kind of social life worth participating in.

Dinner alone is one of life's pleasures.

Fulfillment leaves an empty space where longing used to be.