“Pancakes taste best consumed in periods of sloth on protracted weekend mornings.”

“Johnny Cake or hoe cake is baked, and thus more closely resembles cornbread. . . . The name, it has been claimed, probably erroneously, is a corruption of 'Shawnee Cake' -- presumably having been taught to the colonists by Native Americans. In fact another name for these is corn pone, the latter word indeed coming directly from Algonkian. Others speculate that Johnny is a corruption of the word jonakin, the meaning of which is unknown, or Journey Cake -- either because it can be carried on long journeys, which seems unlikely, or because it can be cooked en route.”

“What is [insert name here]? Does it taste good?”

“A wine cellar requires order, forethought and good taste,’ the old man used to say. ‘These are the virtues that made Britain great.”

“What are those bulb things you're slicing?""You've never seen fennel? It looks like celery and tastes like licorice.”

“Hunger is the best seasoning.”

“The best thing about the future is that it happens one day at a time.”