“I’m not going to deny myself the simple pleasure of a platter of cacio e pepe, eaten standing up at the kitchen counter moments after I’ve grated the pecorino. I’m going to stab my fork into that pillowy stack of pancakes. I’m going to run to the bakery first thing in the morning and buy a baguette…”— Hannah-Rose Yee, manrepeller.com
“When it comes to food, guys work around the problem. For a guy not to eat his food, it’ll take more than a hair. For a guy not to eat his food, it’ll take multiple hairs attached to a pair of balls.”— Patricia Maya Schneider, Rob Schneider, Rob, Rob Schneider, imdb.com
“If there was one main negative takeaway from the raging fires of food tourist culture and the lists fanning the flames, it was that the people crowding the restaurant were one time customers.”— Kevin Alexander, thrillist.com
“The cool thing about only having one means, zoning-wise, you can put it in one of these chic neighborhoods that are all over L.A. or New York that will not allow a Chili’s or a Fridays and will only allow one-of-a kind restaurants.”— BJ Novak, foodandwine.com
“You did not fail to keep the weight off because you are lazy, weak, or undisciplined. It's not because you didn't want it badly enough. You regained that weight because the contributors to your body weight, such as what, when, and how much you eat, as well as how you expend energy (including your in…”— Linda Bacon, amazon.com
“External rules, such as belief systems about good foods, bad foods, or appropriate amounts or time to eat, drown out our innate ability to respond to setpoint cues.”— Linda Bacon, amazon.com
“Was there a whole olive dimension I wasn’t enjoying because I was trapped by my conception of olives as a cold, oily cocktail party snack? What other foods was I missing out on the full potential of?”— Madeleine Aggeler, thecut.com
“Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a pizza in my mouth.”— Steve Slavkin, Eddie 'Donkeylips' Gelfen, Michael Bower, imdb.com
“The lesson here: Get your fill of Halloween candy on Halloween, rather than eating it year round.”— Ian Lecklitner, melmagazine.com
“Max Black: Hi, ready to order? Girl #1: Do you have anything that's really special? Max Black: Not according to my high school guidance counselor. Girl #2: I'll have the veggie plate, but instead of beats I want kale and instead of broccoli more kale. I want the veggies steamed and instead of dressi…”— Michael Patrick King, Max Black, Kat Dennings, imdb.com
“I make steak, coleslaw, and sweet potatoes from it for lunch. It's insanely good, so I stash away the recipe card. Yes, this is how I taught myself how to cook.”— Money Diaries, refinery29.com
“You're no longer holding lunch; you're cradling a canister of beans and rice that is soon to explode.”— Allie Conti, vice.com
“Sonny: What do you eat? Julian: Food. Sonny: Oh, yeah? Well, I eat food, too.”— Tim Herlihy, Steve Franks, Sonny Koufax, Adam Sandler, imdb.com
“I am starving. All I've had to eat today is a couple of sticky buns, lots of extra cream, a Popsicle, and a bag of salami! What am I supposed to do?”— Colleen Ballinger, Chris Ballinger, Miranda Sings, Colleen Ballinger, imdb.com
“That is not brightly colored. Or shaped like a dinosaur. Hold on guys. It’s broccoli! Blah!”— Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, Disgust (voice), Mindy Kaling, imdb.com
“I actually hate coffee. Without the bells and whistles, it’s just a bleak cup of a blackhole.”— Leandra Medine, manrepeller.com
“I feel like such a heifer. I had two bowls of Special K, 3 pieces of turkey bacon, a handful of popcorn, 5 peanut butter M&M’s and like 3 pieces of licorice.”— Amy Heckerling, Cher Horowitz, Alicia Silverstone, imdb.com
“Technology advances, but humans don’t. We’re smart monkeys, and what we want is always the same. Food, shelter, sex, and in all its forms, escape.”— Steve Blackman, Takeshi Kovacs, Joel Kinnaman, imdb.com
“Weaving together threads of capitalism, canny marketing, internet lore, class anxiety, sexism and the “treat yo’ self” industrial complex, the story of how the drink came to be a simultaneously hated and adored fixture of fall is not something to be celebrated so much as it is something to be closel…”— Harling Ross, manrepeller.com