"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.
"Man does not live by bread alone. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 8:3
"As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it. " ~~ Buddy Hackett
"A little bitterness will spoil a lot of honey." ~~ Leon of Modena
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