The food crank is by definition a person willing to cut himself off from human society in the hopes of adding five years onto the life of his carcase; that is, a person out of touch with common humanity.

“I do not think one can assess a writer’s motives without knowing something of h…”

“The past is whatever the records and the memories agree upon.”

“Todos los hombres son iguales, pero algunos son más iguales que otros.”

“I suppose there is no place in the world where snobbery is quite so ever-presen…”