| Der Mensch ist, was er ißt.
(You are what you eat.)
- German proverb
Sin maíz, no hay país. (Without corn, there is
no country.)
- Mexican
proverb
Kohikohia he kai nö tö mahinga kai ka hoatu ai i
tëtahi wähanga. (Gather together food from your garden
and give some of it away.)
- Maori Proverb
For those seeking a taste of the real Mexico, go to Oaxaca
City.
- Rick Bayless
La panza es primero. (The stomach comes first)
- Mexican
saying
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
- English proverb
Grub first, then ethics
- Bertolt Brecht
Make it delicious
- Conversation
Public gardens, too, are responding to the demand for knowledge.
At Auckland's Botanic
Gardens, for example, staff have planted the first of a
six-stage redevelopment of its edible garden because visitors
say they want to see more vegetables.
- Maggie Barry, Natural
Born Gardners
Ni amor recomendzado ni chocolate
recalentado.
Neither rekindle a love affair nor reheat chocolate.
Without a place to sell local products, farmers lose hope.
And without local food traditions, people lose hope. If you
don't dream, you don't exist. So let's dream together.
- Kamal Mouzawak, founder of the farmers' market in Beirut,
Gathering
to Celebrate Food Made the Old, Slow Way - New York Times
Food for the masses, that's the new mission.
- Michael Franti and Spearhead, Yell
Fire, Everybody Ona Move
Never two of anything!
- Foodie's rule on ordering as a way of trying the maximum number
of dishes.
Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
- Proverb
Girl Scout: Is this made from real lemons?
Wednesday: Yes.
Girl Scout: I only like all-natural foods and beverages, organically
grown, with no preservatives. Are you sure they're real lemons?
Pugsley: Yes.
Girl Scout: I'll tell you what. I'll buy a cup if you buy a
box of my delicious Girl Scout cookies. Do we have a deal?
Wednesday: Are they made from real Girl Scouts?
- The Addams Family (1991)
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