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Antonin (Anton) Carême is said to be one of the greatest chefs of all time and probably the first 'celebrity chef'. He was born on June 08th, in either 1783 or 1784; just before the French revolution, this shows in his work, as it reflects the freedom of thought and action that flooded France during the years that followed. Carême had the ability to simplify menus and methods, to analyze cooking old and new, and to define every aspect of the art, that is known today as haute cuisine. It was Creme that invented this simplified but refined form of cookery. Read more
Coca-cola: It started (in the USA) and has conquered the world. When the big international push came in the fifties and sixties, American tourists were stunned to discover that in countries like Spain, a Coke was three times as expensive as a glass of brandy. Coca-Cola probably has every bit as much to do with America’s special place in the world as all (its) vaunted military power. It’s the little things that count. The inventor of Coca-Cola was Dr. John S. Pemberton, in 1885. It was sold as a brain tonic, but was poorly received. The formula changed hands three more times before Asa D. Chandler hit upon the idea of carbonating the drink. The bubbles made all the difference, and he struck gold. The Coca-Cola Company was founded in 1892 and has never looked back. Source: The Great Idea Finder
La Grande Bouffe (1973): directed by Marco Ferreri and starring Macello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret. Plot Outline: Four successful middle-aged men Marcello, a pilot; Michel, a television executive; Ugo, a chef; and, Philippe, a judge go to Philippe's villa to eat themselves to death. Source: IMDb
432 (36 dozen): number of oysters eaten in 10 minutes by Sonya Thomas.
53.5: number of hot dogs and buns eaten in 12 minutes by Takeru Kobayashi.
38: number of lobsters eaten in 12 minutes by Sonya Thomas.
8.02: amount in kilograms (17.7 pounds) of cow brains eaten in 15 minutes by Takeru Kobayashi.
5.22: amount in kilograms (11.5 pounds) of watermelon eaten in 15 minutes by Richard LeFevre.
4.99: amount in kilograms (11 pounds) of cheesecake eaten in 9 minutes by Sonya Thomas.
2.95: amount in kilograms (6.5 pounds) of cabbage eaten in 9 minutes by Charles Hardy.
47.63: amount in kilograms (105 pounds) that Sonya Thomas weighed when she set the records listed above!
Source: Foodreference.com
Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
Alfred Hitchcock (English writer, essayist)
Eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
Mark Twain (US novelist)
Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.
Walt Kelly (US cartoonist)
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
Fran Lebowitz (US cartoonist)
Motorized Ice Cream Cone (US Patent 5,971,829 / Issued 1999): "… it expands the typical act of eating an ice cream cone to include numerous playful and creative possibilities including sculpting and carving of channels with one's tongue to form interesting shapes and patterns on the outer surface of an ice cream portion." Read more
Too Much Food by Jason Mraz
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Death by Chocolate à la Mr. Food
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Traditional Italian Food is an anagram of radiation, toil, fat and oil!
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REGAL LAGER (a brand of beer) is a palindrome (words or groups of words that are the same whether you read them forwards from the beginning or backwards from the end):
Five wine experts jokingly quizzed chablis sample is a pangram (a sentence containing all the letters of the alphabet):
It is said that no word rhymes with ORANGE.
According to reporter, editor, writer, and author Willard R. Espy KUMQUAT is one of the ten ugliest-sounding words in English, excluding indecent words.
Source: Word Oddities
Food in Literature - Ay, there's the grub: From the endlessly feasting warriors of Beowulf to Bridget Jones and her doomed diets, food and fiction have gone together hand in hand. Read more
Even the best cooking pot will not produce food. (African)
Food you will not eat you do not boil. (African)
Enough food and a pipe full of tobacco makes you equal to the immortals. (Chinese)
Food tastes best when you eat it with your own spoon. (Danish)
Where love sets the table food tastes at its best. (French)
Source: Creative Proverbs
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