Quotes from one foodie to another, part II

"We think fast food is equivalent to pornography, nutritionally speaking" ~Steve Elbert
"Sex is good, but not as good as fresh, sweet corn." ~Garrison Keillor
"Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?" ~Author Unknown
"Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables. They probably get jet-lagged, just like people". ~Elizabeth Berry
"After all the trouble you go to, you get about as much actual "food" out of eating an artichoke as you would from licking 30 or 40 postage stamps." ~Miss Piggy
"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." ~G.K. Chesterton
"A bagel is a doughnut with the sin removed." ~George Rosenbaum
"In Mexico we have a word for sushi: bait." ~José Simons
"A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat." ~Old New York Proverb

"It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician." ~Meryl Streep 
"A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch." ~James Beard
"I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead - not sick, not wounded - dead." ~Woody Allen
"Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside." ~Mark Twain
"Did you ever stop to taste a carrot? Not just eat it, but taste it? You can't taste the beauty and energy of the earth in a Twinkie." ~Astrid Alauda
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found." ~Calvin Trillin
"He who eats alone chokes alone." ~Proverb
"Tell me what you eat, I'll tell you who you are." ~Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
"As for butter versus margarine, I trust cows more than chemists." ~Joan Gussow
"And, of course, the funniest food of all, kumquats." ~George Carlin