I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isn't enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasn't prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food.
On this National Agriculture Day, when we all should be taking time to thank and pay tribute to America's farmers, ranchers and their families who produce the food for our tables, we are finding those same people in dire need of our help and support.
What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.
As a matter of fact, I've been to Italy many times before I met my husband, which he can't even imagine that I could possibly know anything about Italian food. But, you know, Italian food's really basic, and there's so many different variations on it that what my husband did is he broke it down for me.
I grew up on food stamps. I come from a very humble background. And I've had many friends that have been destitute - you know, running into trouble - and places like The Midnight Mission have given them hope and have fed them and gotten them back on the right path.
There's so much importance in honoring your everyday hero. It doesn't take money. It doesn't take connections. What matters is that people get involved. Whether your passion is gun control or food or whatever it may be, everybody needs to stop being so self-absorbed.
With Jack Abramoff under indictment, a number of readers have suggested that now he might flip and try to offer the feds some figures higher up the food-chain.
The music I do is food... that will be your dinner.
The one thing that I'm in charge of in this wedding is the food.
I eat whatever I want, junk food included.
We have reduced sales tax on food. Now we want it eliminated.
I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food.
The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.
Food was a constant topic of conversation in our household.
I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.