M. F. K. Fisher

“First we eat, then we do everything else.”

“It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others.”

“Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.”

“When I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth and the love of it and it is all one.”

“With enough butter, anything is good.”

“Age is not important unless you're a cheese.”

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

“There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine is drunk.”

“Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures.”

“Almost every person has something secret he likes to eat.”

“I believe that one of the most dignified ways we are capable of, as humans, is to feed ourselves and others.”

“The saving of time and money by deft and intelligent food preparation is a lesson which unfortunately no one teaches us.”

“Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.”

“When the wolf is at the door, one should invite him in and give him a stout drink.”