When we exist without thought or thanksgiving we are not men, but beasts.

[Bachelors'] approach to gastronomy is basically sexual, since few of them under seventy-nine will bother to produce a good meal unless it is for a pretty woman.

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.

since we must eat to live, we might as well do it with both grace and gusto.

War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist

At present, I myself do not know of any local witches or warlocks, but there are several people who seem to have an uncanny power over food.

... most bereaved souls crave nourishment more tangible than prayers: they want a steak. What is more, they need a steak. Preferably they need it rare, grilled, heavily salted, for that way it is most easily digested, and most quickly turned into the glandular whip their tired adrenals cry for.