Infatuation vs Love

“Infatuation is when you think he’s as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Connors.

Love is when you realize he’s as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Ralph Nader, as athletic as Henry Kissinger, and nothing like Robert Redford, but you’ll take him anyway.”

– Judith Viorst

Mark Twain Says

“The secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.”

“Clothes make the man[person]. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”

The genius of memory

“The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental; it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust.”

– Elizabeth Bowen

Some Irish Proverbs

Laughter is brightest in the place where the food is.

May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live.

May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.

May the wind always be at your back. ( As it will be after eating Corned Beef and Cabbage.)

May you be at the gates of heaven an hour before the devil knows you’re dead!

If you’re enough lucky to be Irish… You’re lucky enough!

It’s About Identity

Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It’s not about nutrients and calories. It’s about sharing. It’s about honesty. It’s about identity.

– Louise Fresco

Food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, craving, and identity.

– Jonathan Safran Foer