Quotes About Dining

I love seeing what people wear out to dinner in different cities. I know how differently I dress in New York than I do in Los Angeles.

The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.

Still, I never really mind bad service in a restaurant. It makes me feel better about not leaving a tip.

The dining table was a plain board called by that name. It was hung on the wall when not in use, and was perched on the diners' knees when food was served. Over time, the word board came to signify not just the dining surface but the meal itself, which is where the board comes from in room and board. It also explains why lodgers are called boarders.

The waitress, seeing how much I had left, asked me if I wanted a doggie bag. 'No thank you,' I said through a thin smile, 'I don't believe I could find a dog that would eat it.

However senior or accomplished, they were not allowed into the college's senior common room but instead had to take their meals in a more utilitarian chamber

I pray you, be seated and sup how you please. You will I trust, excuse me that I do not join you, but I have dined already, and I do not sup.

I set to and enjoyed a hearty meal. When I had done, I looked for a bell, so that I might let the servants know I had finished, but I could not find one.

Let's order cheap Chinese and eat it out of the box with chopsticks." "Let's order good Chinese and do that.

I'd discovered, after a lot of extreme apprehension about what spoons to use, that if you do something incorrect at table with a certain arrogance, as if you knew perfectly well you were doing it properly, you can get away with it and nobody will think you are bad-mannered or poorly brought up. They will think you are original and very witty.

Si uno hace algo incorrecto en la mesa con cierta arrogancia, como si supiera perfectamente que está haciendo lo que corresponde, puede salir del paso y nadie pensará que es grosero o que ha recibido una pobre educación. Pensarán que uno es original y muy ocurrente.

I'd discovered, after a lot of extreme apprehension about what spoons to use, that if you do something incorrect at table with a certain arrogance, as if you knew perfectly well you were doing it properly, you can get away with it and nobody will think you are bad-mannered or poorly brought up. They will think you are original and very witty

Eu havia descoberto, depois de muita ansiedade de quais talheres usar, que se você fizer algo de errado à mesa com certa arrogância, como se você soubesse perfeitamente que aquele é o jeito certo de fazer as coisas, ninguém vai achar que você é grosseira ou mal-educada. Vão pensar que você é original e muito espirituosa.

if you do something incorrect at table with a certain arrogance, as if you knew perfectly well you were doing it properly, you can get away with it and nobody will think you are bad-mannered or poorly brought up. They will think you are original and very witty.

They served "Good Food" but only a G, an O and a D were lit up. Personally, I doubted God dined there. Unless God was keen on samonella poisoning and rat droppings in the hamburgers. But then again, what did I know?

I love if someone invites me to a restaurant, so I don't know if that's a feminist.

I like to go out and have fun. I can't stay inside the room as I feel irritated. Even if I am not going to party somewhere, I prefer going out for dinners.

I go to Franny's in Brooklyn a lot. It's just a casual Italian place, but I could eat there every day.

I always like going to fancy Italian restaurants.

Place a mound of the onion in the center of each plate and top with a piece of salmon. Drizzle the remaining vinaigrette over the salmon and arrange the violets on the salmon and around the plate. ORIGINAL

Asses, fools, dolts! chaff and bran, chaff and bran! porridge after meat! TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, 1.2 ...................................... The English ate soup, or porridge as they called it, with the first course and considered it absurd to serve it following the meat course. However, for the rest of Europe, pottage accompanied the second or third course of roast meats. In general, pottage and broth were more popular in England than in the warmer Mediterranean countries.

in traditional China the frequency of eating out was a fairly good indication of a person's rank in society.

Don't you know how to use chopsticks?" Joel asked. Melody grimaced. "I've never been one for European food. A fork works just fine.

She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table.