Calvin Trillin - Food Quotes

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When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.

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The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out.

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It happens to be a matter of record that I was first in print with the discovery that the tastelessness of the food offered in American clubs varies in direct proportion to the exclusiveness of the club.

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There is no question that Rumanian-Jewish food is heavy. One meal is equal in heaviness, I would guess, to eight or nine years of steady mung-bean eating.

Calvin Trillin

At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.

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