"Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz
"A man should eat and drink less than he can afford to, dress as well and as much as he can afford to, and lavish more on his wife. " ~~ Talmud, Chullin
"Talk not while you eat, lest windpipe anticipate gullet (and life be in danger)!" ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit
"To eat and drink on a festival in the company of your family without providing for the poor and distressed, is not “the joy of the commandment” but the joy of your stomach. It is a disgrace." ~~ Maimonides
"Any man that has a heart will long for homeland more than for his sustenance." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra
"Eat greens in peace, not meat in peril!" ~~ Shmuel Hanagid
"Wine in, secret out." ~~ Talmud, Eiruvin
"When does a Jew sing? When he’s hungry." ~~ Mokher Sefarim Mendele
"If food, which is ephemeral, requires a blessing before and after you eat it, how much more so the Torah, which is everlasting! " ~~ Talmud, Berakkhot
"Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food? " ~~ Job (Iyov)12:11
"Wine adds to the appetite." ~~ Talmud, Pesachim
"A lot of wine is harmful but a little is good." ~~ Derekh Eretz R.
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