modern people have seen too many chemicals and are ready to go back to eating dirt.

Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture.

The egg creams of Avenue A in New York and the root beer float....are among the high points of American gastronomic inventiveness.

I did not realize at the time, as I have discovered since, that anyone who attempts any thing original in this world must expect a bit of ridicule. Clarence Birdseye

The history of the Americas is one of constant warfare over salt.

Whenever I was called a gourmet, I suspected I was being accused of something at least slightly unpleasant. But that was before I heard the term "foodie." I am still not sure that a gourmet is a good thing to be, but it must be better than a foodie.

A Wedding In Haiti is a great experience and its unaffected prose is as true a portrait of complex Haiti as you will find.