5 Tomato Quotes
By Michelle Fabio
Tomatoes have long served as inspiration for many a clever turn of phrase, and here are five of the best:
• “A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.” – Laurie Colwin
• “It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.” – Lewis Grizzard
• “A number of rare or newly experienced foods have been claimed to be aphrodisiacs. At one time this quality was even ascribed to the tomato. Reflect on that when you are next preparing the family salad.” – Jane Grigson
• “The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can’t eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as ‘progress,’ doesn’t spread.” – Andy Rooney
• “Hunger makes you restless. You dream about food—not just any food, but perfect food, the best food, magical meals, famous and awe-inspiring, the one piece of meat, the exact taste of buttery corn, tomatoes so ripe they split and sweeten the air, beans so crisp they snap between the teeth, gravy like mother’s milk singing to your bloodstream.” – Dorothy Allison, Bastard Out of Carolina
December 9th, 2007 at 11:25 am
No fair! I’m starving and it’s months to the next really good tomato.
December 10th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
I hear you, but don’t forget about those little cherry dudes…some of them can pack a good punch too