The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again.


As quoted in: Eat these words: a delicious collection of fat-free food for thought (HarperCollins Publishers, 1991), p. 22.

There are many similar quotes without attribution found in earlier books.

Variant 1: "But you know, there's just one thing about these big American Thanksgiving dinners. You eat one, but a couple of days later you're hungry again."

Variant 2: "The big problem with eating a full meal of Jewish food, so the saying goes, is that three days later you're hungry again."


The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again.

The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again.

The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again.

The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again.