“The croissant was crisp and soft and flakey at the same time. Jut biting it made you feel cared for.” Elif Batuman

“I fix myself a hot chocolate because it is a gateway drug to reading.” Helen Ellis

“Every day, without fail, I eat some dark chocolate.” Phoebe Tonkin

National Tater Tot Day “Four different kinds of Tater tots? I felt overwhelmed by culinary confusion. Why would anyone need so many? Chili. Sweet potato. Blue?” Rick Riordan

National Carrot Cake Day “Life, people learned, was not easy. Life was not cake. Life was not a carrot cake.” Tao Lin

National Homemade Soup Day “Good manners. The noise you don’t make when you’re eating soup.” Bennett Cerf

National Frozen Yogurt Day “Dear frozen yogurt: you are the celery of desserts. Be ice cream or nothing. Zero stars.” Ron Swanson-Parks and Recreation

National Chopsticks Day “Chopsticks or no chopsticks, it was the Chinese who first used knives and forks.” L.M. Boyd

National Fettuccine Alfredo Day “The only guilty pleasure I have is pasta.” Allison Janney