Japanese food is very pretty and undoubtedly a suitable cuisine in Japan, which is largely populated by people of below average size. – Fran Lebowitz

Almost every person has something secret he likes to eat. – M. F. K. Fisher

To be a gourmet you must start early, as you must begin riding early to be a good horseman. You must live in France; your father must have been a gourmet. Nothing in life must interest you but your stomach. With hands trembling, you must approach the meal about which you have worried all day and risk dying of a stroke if it isn’t perfect. –  L. Bemelmans