Food Humor

“I’d give up chocolate, but I’m no quitter!” — Author Unknown

“My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four; unless there are three other people.” — Orson Welles

“A bagel is a doughnut with all the sin removed.” — George Rosenbaum

“A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.” — Author Unknown

“Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.” — Ernestine Ulmer

“Chocolate is an antidepressant, which is especially useful as you start to gain weight.” — James Lee

“Unless your name ends in Baskin or Robbins, I really can’t fit you into my schedule right now.” — Uniek Swain

“Stress spelled backwards is desserts…” — Author Unknown

“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.” — Author Unknown

“The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later, you’re hungry again.” — George Miller

“Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands — and then eat just one of the pieces.” — Judith Viorst

“Don’t wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty.” — Lora Brody

“Put ‘eat chocolate’ at the top of your things to do today. That way, at least you’ll get one thing done.” — Author Unknown

“There are four basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, and chocolate truffles.” — Author Unknown

“Everyone has a price. Mine is chocolate.” — Author Unknown

“Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” — Federico Fellini

“The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.” — Julia Child, from the memoir, Backstage with Julia: My Years With Julia Child.

“People think Chef Boyardee is a great man. I think he’s nothing but a pasta hater. What true lover of pasta could turn it into mush and shove it in a can? That’s not pasta. That’s just plain wrong.” — Author Unknown

“You can say this for ready mixes — the next generation isn’t going to have any trouble making pies exactly like mother used to make.” — Earl Wilson

“I went to a restaurant that serves ‘breakfast at any time.’ So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.” — Steven Wright

“If you ever have to support a lagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.” — Leigh Hunt (1784-1859)

“MacDonald’s in Tokyo is a terrible revenge for Pearl Harbor.” — S.I. Hiyakawa

“”I often take exercise. Why only yesterday I had my breakfast in bed.” — Oscar Wilde

“I have lost 85 pounds. Can you imagine? Twice.” — Luciano Pavarotti

“My mom makes two dishes: Take It or Leave It.” — Steven Wright

“The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul, or we get fat.” — Albert Einstein