“Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and the dessert of remorse.”

“It was impossible to get a decent meal, or even snack, anywhere, burned flapjacks and vulcanized steaks being as appetizing as things got. It also quickly became evident — horribly evident — that no one in the city knew how to make coffee, as if there were some sort of stultified consensus, or even city ordinance, about never waking up.”

“With the exception of dessert, food is food.”

“Marriage is a diner that begins with dessert.”

“Life's too short. Start with Dessert!”

“Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The perfect meal, or the best meals, occur in a context that frequently has very little to do with the food itself.”

“As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal.”

“Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye”

“My life didnʹt need to be on the line for me to enjoy dessert.”

“Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.”