“Erection is chiefly caused by parsnips, artichokes, turnips, asparagus, candied ginger, acorns bruised to a powder drunk in muscatel”
Aristotle
“You know, when you get your first asparagus, or your first acorn squash, or your first really good tomato of the season, those are the moments that define the cook's year. I get more excited by that than anything else.”
Mario Batali
“Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.”
Charles Lamb
“Are you casting asparagus on my cooking?”
Curly Howard
“Life is like eating artichokes, you have got to go through so much to get so little”
Thomas Aloysius Dorgan
“That was about as bon vivant as you could be back then: knowing how to eat an artichoke! You come to Austin, and you learn something!”
Bob Livingston
“We don't limit ourselves by normal convention. We were waiting for the next big pizza chain to deliver an artichoke heart pizza in 20 or 25 minutes, and it wasn't coming. Finally, we thought maybe we should do it.”
Dwayne Northrop
