Calvin Trillin
  • The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out.

  • When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.

  • I don't think I've ever read a food piece or a food book.

  • I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.

  • Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.