“They say that Black-eyed peas bring you luck when eaten on New Year’s Day. And New Year’s is also the time of year many people go vegan, so not only will you be lucky, so will the animals!” Isa Chandra Moskowitz

“My opponent called me a cream puff. Well, I rushed out and got the baker’s union to endorse me.” Author: Claiborne Pell

“One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.” ---Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.” Sophia Loren

“I function better when things are going badly than when they’re as smooth as whipped cream.” Walt Disney

“An American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi-Gras in New Orleans.” Mark Twain

Cooking is a philosophy; it’s not a recipe.” Marco Pierre White

“A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right, like when you pop a piece of fancy chocolate into your mouth expecting toffee filling and you get lemon zest instead.” Jodi Picoult

“Did you notice the color of Mary Poppins’ petticoats? They were kind of orange and apricot and red. I think she had a secret life going on there.” Julie Andrews

“Even a small amount of dark chocolate can be exquisitely satisfying if you meditate on it.” Dean Ornish

“Baby, it’s cold outside.” --Frank Loesser-’Baby, It's cold outside’

“The optimist sees the donut; the pessimist sees the hole.” Oscar Wild

“I’m gluten-free, but that still allows me some chocolate.” Erin Heatherton

“Life is good when you have a good sandwich.” Keanu Reeves

‘A bagel is a round bread with a hole in the middle, and yet it’s one of the most delicious things on earth.” Anthony T. Hincks

“You may feel that you have eaten too much...but this pastry is like feathers-it is snow. It is in fact good for you, a digestive!” MFK Fisher

“I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?” William Cowper

“Coffee is the best thing to douse the sunrise with.” Terri Guillemets

“...as we pass through the heat of life we cannot help but produce meaning, like a popcorn machine produces popcorn.” Steven Cave

“Give me a good sharp knife and a good sharp cheese and I’m a happy man.” George RR Martin

“Money gives me more energy than all the Granola bars in the world.” Mason Cooley

“I browsed casually, lulled with the smell of novels; paper and glue and magic, mingled with the scent of freshly brewing coffee and the faintest trace of brownies. It was practically narcotic.” Jessica Gadziala

“So, the pie isn’t perfect? Cut it into wedges. Stay in control and never panic.” Martha Stewart

“Peanut butter is the pate of childhood.” Florence Fabricant

“Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat.” Alex Levine

“I’d rather have peanut brittle crumbs on my face than flies in my eyes, Havermeyer retorted.” Joseph Heller

“If it were easy to resist, it would not be called chocolate cake.” Maryrose Wood

“Give me soft, fluffy pancakes and I can get over anything.” Chrishell Stause

“A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.” Anne Bronte

“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