“She ate so many clams that her stomach rose and fell with the tide.” Louis Kronenberger

"The difference between a bland tomato and a great one is immense, much like the difference between a standard, slice of white bread and a crusty, aromatic sourdough." Yotam Ottolenghi

"The best thing I can make is a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich." Marie Diaz-Balart

"My life just got taken over by my cooking.  If you don't have any discipline, which I don't, you can make 10 gallons of chocolate mousse, take a spoonful and another, and another, and you won't realize you've eaten like five servings of it.  It's just what you do." Duff Goldman

"you ask me what life is. That's like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there's nothing more to know." Anton Chekhov

"Caramels are only a fad. Chocolate is a permanent thing." Milton S. Hershey

"Anyone who thinks they're too grown up or too sophisticated to eat caramel corn, is not invited to my house for dinner." Ruth Reichi

"She delighted in serving her guests a soothing cup of coffee, a slice of cake and when the occasion called for it, a prayer of encouragement." Max Lucado

"The strong aroma of meat, fried onion, cumin and baked dough soaked into my skin so deeply that I have never lost it. I will die smelling like an empanada." Isabel Allende

"People have got to learn: if they don't have cookies in the cookie jar, they can't eat cookies." Suze Orman

"Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up." John C. Maxwell

"Life is like a fondue: the best fruit ain't the best till it's been through some goo." Jack Bunbury

"I tore the crusts off my grilled cheese sandwich and set them aside to throw out for the birds. Their motives were pure hunger, thirst, shelter and they didn't mind leftovers." Laura Wiess

"Chocolate's okay, but I prefer a really intense fruit taste. You know when a peach is absolutely perfect...It's sublime. I'd like to capture that then use it in a dessert." Kathy Mattea

"I believe in things I can count on, like beer and ESPN and my grandmother's pecan pie." Justin Timberlake

"Ham: 40 days in salt, 40 days hanging, in 40 days eaten." Jack Benny

"Elvis is in the kitchen and he's making eggs benedict!" Kathy Bryson

"It was a cheesy cheeseball, covered with Cheez Whiz and served on a bed of Cheez-Its. With a side of queso." Jordan Sonnenblick

"Animal crackers, and cocoa to drink, that is the finest of suppers, I think when I'm grown up and can have what I please, I think I shall always insist upon these." Christopher Morley

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - Les Brown

"Rice is the best, the most nutritive and unquestionably the most widespread staple in the world." Auguste Escoffier

"All you need is the courage to believe in yourself and put one foot in front of the other." - Kathrine Switzer

"I don't really cook much. I'm more of a baker. My favorite things to bake that everybody loves, and I can only keep in the house for about ten minutes, are 7-up cake and pineapple upside-down cake." Jada Pinkett Smith

"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." - Jim Ryun

"She was the kind of girl who'd eat all your cashews and leave you with nothing but peanuts and filberts." Raymond Chandler  

"Everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it." - Michael Phelps

"You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans." Ronald Reagan

"Increased physical activity enhances positive energy." - Lailah Gifty Akita

"Cheesecake will always taste like love." Shonda Rhimes, Year of Yes

"An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day." - Henry David Thoreau

"I wanted to eat pigs-in-blanket in a blanket." The Office

"Don't compare your chapter one with someone else's chapter six." - Ally Love

"The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe." John Gould

"Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you." - John Wooden

"My mother always said, 'When you're eating pretzels, chew before you swallow.' Always listen to your mother." George W. Bush

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." - Michael Jordan

"They claim red meat is bad for you. But I never saw a sick-looking tiger." Chi Chi Rodriquez

"Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment." - Vince Lombardi

"You had me at fruit pies." Bobby Hill

"It is better to make many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward." Old Chinese Proverb

"Shrimp are the insects of the ocean. They're bottom feeders. So, they're delicious, but they're the bugs of the sea." Baron Vaughn

"Progress not perfection." - Kimberly Snyder

"Baking cookies is comforting, and cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food. They are bite-sized and personal." Sandra Lee

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." - Confucius

National Chocolate Parfait Day “The proof of the pudding is the eating.” ---Miquel de Cervantes

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." - Helen Keller

National Chocolate Truffle Day “If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.” - Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

"It's your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you." Rumi

National Tart Day “Every good jam tart deserves the finest preserve.” - Rachel Khoo

"We all have dreams, in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort." - Jesse Owens

National Hoagie Day “I love sandwiches. Let’s face it, life is better between two pieces of bread.” - Jeff Mauro

"I'm not telling you it's going to be easy … I'm telling you it's going to be worth it." - Art Williams