Meals Quotes

“Adventures are all very well in their place, but there's a lot to be said for regular meals and freedom from pain.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

“When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a plate piled up with very hot buttered toast, cut thick, very brown on both sides, with the butter running through the holes in great golden drops, like honey from the honeycomb. The smell of that buttered toast simply talked to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cosy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender, of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries.”
― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

“If you can eat with mates or friends or family, I mean, it's such a brilliant thing isn't it? If you feel really rubbish and you have a nice bit of food it makes you feel good, you know?
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― Jamie Oliver

“Those dripping crumpets, I can see them now. Tiny crisp wedges of toast, and piping-hot, flaky scones. Sandwiches of unknown nature, mysteriously flavoured and quite delectable, and that very special gingerbread. Angel cake, that melted in the mouth, and his rather stodgier companion, bursting with peel and raisins. There was enough food there to keep a starving family for a week.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

“There he got out the luncheon-basket and packed a simple meal, in which, remembering the stranger's origin and preferences, he took care to include a yard of long French bread, a sausage out of which the garlic sang, some cheese which lay down and cried, and a long-necked straw-covered flask wherein lay bottled sunshine shed and garnered on far Southern slopes.”
― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

“Would it really be so bad if you slowed your life down even a teensy bit? If you took charge of the ingredients of your food instead of letting corporations stuff you and your family, like baby birds, full of sugar, corn products, chemicals, and meat from really, really unhappy animals?”
― Catherine Friend, Compassionate Carnivore: Or, How to Keep Animals Happy, Save Old Macdonald's Farm, Reduce Your Hoofprint, and Still Eat Meat

“The privileges of the side-table included the small prerogatives of sitting next to the toast, and taking two cups of tea to other people's one.”
― Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit

“The hour [...] can be anywhere between three and six o'clock in the afternoon. The general rule is that the earlier tea is served, the lighter the refreshments. At three, tea is usually a snack -- dainty finger sandwiches, petits fours, fresh strawberrries; at six, it can be a meal -- or "high" tea -- with sausage rolls, salads, and trifle.”
― Angela Hynes, The Pleasures of Afternoon Tea

“Firekeeper still could not understand the human penchant for eating in company. Even less so, she could not understand the human desire to combine business and meals.
True, a wolf pack shared a kill, but not from any great desire to do so—rather because any who departed the scene would be unlikely to get a share...
She struggled...not to bolt her food and almost always remembered that growling when a person spoke to you was not a proper response.”
― Jane Lindskold, Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart

“At the dinner table...

CALVIN, looking like an x-ray version of himself:
Bombarded by high energy photons, Calvin is transformed into a living x-ray.

CALVIN:
Although this condition will facilitate future medical diagnoses, it does make Calvin's presence at the dinner table a disgusting ordeal.

CALVIN:
Everyone can see Calvin's food being ground into mushy pulp and swallowed!
At this moment, Calvin chews up a large spoonful of creamed corn!

CALVIN'S DAD, leaning in at the dinner table:
For gosh sakes, close your mouth when you chew!!
You think we want to SEE that?

CALVIN, physically back to normal, except that his mouth is open amazingly wide, with full view of his current mouthful:
MKGHH!
SMACK!
BLAGHKH!”
― Bill Watterson, Yukon Ho!

“Talking about unpleasant things during a meal is not good for digestion, not good for health.”
― Betty Jamie Chung

“I sat down at the table without any very high hopes, for both Julian and Winifred, as is often the way with good, unworldly people, hardly noticed what they ate or drank, so that a meal with them was a doubtful pleasure.”
― Barbara Pym, Excellent Women

“Food is not everything, they say, but it means the world to a starving person.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Not all expensive meals are delicious, and not all delicious meals are expensive.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Some people eat to quench hunger, and some eat just to satisfy their gluttony.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“When you eat junk food, junk food eats you up.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Water goes hand in hand with food, just like children and crying.”
― John Joclebs Bassey, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Dennis and I, being from a family of devoutly religious eaters, committed not only to socially designated meals, but also less traditional mealtimes like "it's already Taco Tuesday in Sweden," "tater tots are mood-enhancing potato pillows," and "cheese is the cure for boredom.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Hollow Kingdom

“Properly speaking, the Zen monks are supposed to eat only twice a day after the fashion set up by the Buddha in India. The evening meal is, therefore, called yaku-seki, "medicinal food.”
― Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, The Training Of The Zen Buddhist Monk

“The food was so bad at the La Palma astronomical observatory that I stopped eating there.”
― Steven Magee

“Do not shy away from snacking in-between the meals. If it's healthy snacks, the body will thank you.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Drink lots of healthy liquids. Water remains the best option.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Eat according to your personal rhythm. Don't hurry or slower yourself down to match others.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Try foods from other cultures too. Food gets you closer into knowing other people.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Eat with your hands. Eat with cutlery. Eat with chopsticks. As you wish.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Mix different foods. Make your own recipes. All recipes are a discovery of a curious mind.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“I realized that afternoon that for nearly a year, while my mother, brothers and I had constantly carried food up to my father, we had rarely eaten with him. Somehow it hadn’t occurred to me that he missed sharing a table or aplate, passing a spice or a spoon. But he did. Just as he missed seeing certain faces and places and hearing certain voices that neither his friends nor family nor the television could successfully transport to his room”
― Edwidge Danticat, Brother, I'm Dying

“More importantly, sharing a meal is a social experience. It creates the kind of intimacy where who you sit next to is as important as what is served. Eating together opens up space for conversation and for sharing information. Sitting down together slows the pace of living; it puts a pause in the day. It lets you catch your breath.”
― Susan L Carey, More Than Merely Eyes Can See

“At the Great Library of Alyssum, all the librarians' meals were prepared by unseen cooks in a kitchen on a level devoid of books. Several of their cooks were high-caliber chefs, with a pedigree that included many noble houses and often even the imperial palace. They were expected to provide meals for the sorcerers who consulted the library, and so for that reason, they often turned out perfectly roasted meats, delicately spiced pastries, and mouthwatering desserts with custards that looked like they were made of molten gold. Terlu had often ordered just desserts for her meals, especially near the end, when she felt she needed more and more comfort food. Once, she'd gotten an exquisite puff pastry swan, a leftover from an imperial party that had been held in one of the grander rooms of the library. Her fondness for sweets was part of why a lover had once described her as "pleasantly huggable," a description she was perfectly fine with if it meant she'd gotten to eat pastry swans. She'd also had some amazing meals on her home island of Eano: a coconut curry made by one of her aunts that had been known to reduce grown mean and women to tears, a duck roasted over a fire pit after marinating in a special secret sauce, and dragonfruit jelly on a hot, buttery donut...
But Terlu thought she had never tasted anything as good as this soup.
Did he make this?
It had herbs she had no name for, but they made her feel as if she were being hugged. It was warm and nutty, and the vegetables--- which she also couldn't identify--- were sometimes sweet and sometimes tart and always perfect. The broth warmed her throat, straight down to her stomach, and she felt its warmth spread to the rest of her.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“I spend a lot of time thinking about hunger. Too much time really. I’m from a family who starts planning their next meal while they are sitting down to their first meal. I have read books on hunger. How to feel full. How to know when you are hungry or just bored or maybe sad.

But hunger is also something else isn’t it? It’s not just the physical need to eat, but sometimes it is the want to be made satisfied, to feel, for once, like we have enough. I love watching children push away a plate when they’ve discovered fullness. It is a gift to be full and to know it.

But me? I’m greedy with food. I love it. I over order from restaurants, and cook too much food at home. I want to feel not just full but fixed in some way. As if each meal will be my last and I must take it in, like the world, all at once.”
― Ada Limon