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
Mark KurlanskyIn 'The Republic' he [Plato] states that the enjoyment of food is not a true pleasure because the purpose of eating is to relieve pain - hunger.
Mark KurlanskyThe egg creams of Avenue A in New York and the root beer float....are among the high points of American gastronomic inventiveness.
Mark KurlanskyIf ever there was a fish made to endure, it is the Atlantic cod... But it has among its predators - man, an openmouthed species greedier than cod.
Mark Kurlansky