Calvin Marshall Trillin (born December 5, 1935) is an American journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelist.
Health food makes me sick. Use this quote
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. Use this quote
I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still. Use this quote
The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out. Use this quote
When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere. Use this quote
I don't think I've ever read a food piece or a food book. Use this quote
I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant. Use this quote
Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food. Use this quote
I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you can't get rid of. Use this quote
We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page. Use this quote
