“Tuesdays are full of popcorn & smiles.”

“You cannot hide what the nose can smell.”

“And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God.”

“The only thing that you should put in your mouth that doesn’t belong, is your foot.”

“It’s when the coffee keeps coming, that I keep drinking.”

“When rainbows meet food, all sorts of colors & flavors are possible.”

“When hands are in love, coffee will always come to the rescue.”

“To enjoy life, food needs to be special, and come with its own brand of love.”

“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.”

“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.”

“Should I have a doughnut or my disgusting cardboard?” asked Gwynn, as she drew up languidly before me at a study table in a bookstore on State Street, raising a puffed rice cake in the air. My eyes narrowed attentively at her face, but as I hesitated, she announced eagerly, “Disgusting cardboard it is!”

“If you go to Singapore or Amsterdam or Seoul or Buenos Aires or Islamabad or Johannesburg or Tampa or Istanbul or Kyoto, you’ll find that the people differ wildly in the way they dress, in their marriage customs, in the holidays they observe, in their religious rituals, and so on, but they all expect the food to be under lock and key. It’s all owned, and if you want some, you’ll have to buy it.”

“I mean really, how could an artistic individual stay grounded in the nitty-gritty of how many minutes per pound meat has to stay in the oven when trying to fathom the creative philosophy behind the greatest artistic minds of the world?”

“Putting food under lock and key was one of the great innovations of your culture. No other culture in history has ever put food under lock and key – and putting it there is the cornerstone of your economy.[…] Because if the food wasn’t under lock and key, Julie, who would work?”