Please understand the reason Chinese vegetables taste so good. It is simple. The Chinese don’t cook them, they threaten them. – Jeff Smith

Chinese food – You do not sew with a fork and I see no reason why you should eat with knitting needles. – Henry Beard

Food is always better eaten in little doleful pinchfuls off the ends of chopsticks, no gobbling. The reason Darwin’s law of survival applies best to China: if you don’t know how to handle a chopstick and stick it in that family pot with the best of them, you’ll starve. – Jack Kerouac

We (the Chinese) eat food for its texture, the elastic or crisp effect it has on our teeth, as well as for fragrance, flavor and color. – Lin Yutang