My father’s diner, the Jefferson Coffee Shop, was a simple, 27-seat affair in Washington D.C., open for breakfast and lunch – coffee and eggs in the morning, cold cuts and burgers in the afternoon.
The power lunch is no longer just for men. We all deserve a seat at the table.
I would like to know what politicians eat on the campaign trail, what Picasso ate in his pink period, what Walt Whitman ate while writing the verse that defined America, what mid-westerners bring to potlucks, what is served at company banquets, what is in a Sunday dinner these days, and what workers bring for lunch.
Lunch is a problem because my office is above our chip shop – everything is fried in proper beef dripping. It smells so good that by 12 o’clock it’s hard not to think very lovingly of fish and chips.
The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find workers who can climb a ladder after lunch.
Do you know how many times my career has been close to rock bottom? Each time, I was like, ‘Girl, figure it out. Reinvent yourself.’ Just the other day, I was having lunch with my mom, and she said, ‘You’ve taught me so much. You are so resilient.’
My mum has an MBE and the Queen actually came to my mum and dad’s hotel for lunch with the Prince back in the 1980s.
When you work in Norway, you actually have to have a contract about lunches because Norwegians don’t eat lunch normally, so they just throw out a loaf of bread and some coldcuts.
States should require vaccinations for communicable diseases, like measles and the mumps. But you can’t catch HPV if an infected schoolmate coughs on you or shares your juice box at lunch. Whether or not girls get vaccinated against HPV is a decision for parents and physicians, not state governments.
I left the table where there were important people and had lunch with my husband and a few friends. The reception was organised in my honour, so it was rather amusing.
Nobody took you out for lunch when I started. Carla Bruni took me out for lunch once. She was really nice. Otherwise, you don’t get fed.
There’s a period just before you start a movie when you start thinking, I don’t know what in the world I’m going to do. It’s free-floating anxiety. In my case, though, this is over by lunch the first day of shooting.
I don’t want everyone to know when I go out with my son or my girlfriend for lunch or dinner.
I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch.
Being followed is weird, that people want to discuss where I ate lunch or what I wear when I go to lunch… the private life is just gone.
People with high levels of wellbeing have been careful to work out early in the morning and not to have heavy meals throughout the day because you kind of fall off a cliff in terms of your energy by 2 or 3:00 if you have a lunch with a lot of heavy foods.
I was every other kid in elementary school. I was eating packaged burritos for lunch… and pizzas – it’s not the worst, but not the best.
I used to walk to Altman’s on Saturdays for lunch at the Charleston Garden, which had a coconut cake that is still my favorite food in the world.
We would go to visit a wholesaler, say in Napoli. We would go out, have a very long lunch, mozzarellas, wine. We would reach an agreement. And then the client would pay with a cheque that was postdated by six months, nine months. They were financing themselves by delaying their payments.
My mom, she was unbelievable. She ran the whole town. She was like the mayor. There would be 15 people eating at our lunch table. She’d drag people from the street.
I terminated the interview when I didn’t know what he was talking about and went upstairs to lunch.
You never came home for lunch: you just stayed doing, playing, having fun, surfing, running round.
Lunch is the meal where you put carbs in, such as lentils and beans.
I like company lunches because I think going out wastes valuable time; plus, a lot of good ideas come up over lunch.
This is what people don’t understand: obesity is a symptom of poverty. It’s not a lifestyle choice where people are just eating and not exercising. It’s because kids – and this is the problem with school lunch right now – are getting sugar, fat, empty calories – lots of calories – but no nutrition.
I eat exactly three times a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. I sit quietly for 20 minutes without anybody disturbing me, and I chew each mouthful 60 times.
I don’t teach anymore, but I can still clearly see fifth period after lunch – that’s a real tough time to teach. And I tried to imagine writing a story that would appeal to those kids – even when they’re tired, even when they’re bouncing off the walls.
In season, and on game days, you are so used to shoot-around, going back home to eat lunch and sleep and then coming back to the arena for the game. Or you come and practice and then you rest.
It’s hell with that big beard and stuff. That’s the one bit I don’t like. Either you take out at lunch or you don’t eat. So I opted not to eat, ’cause having to put it on twice is horrific.
Cory Doctorow should be too busy for lunch. He’s co-editor of, and a prolific contributor to, one of the most influential blogs in the world, Boing Boing. Over the past decade the Canadian-born writer has published 16 books, mostly science fiction novels. He campaigns vigorously on the politics of the digital age.
I always think if you have to cook once, it should feed you twice. If you’re going to make a big chicken and vegetable soup for lunch on Monday, you stick it in the refrigerator and it’s also for Wednesday’s dinner.
By the way, the food in prison was disgusting. Like, baked beans every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Like a lot of inwardly drawn young people, I spent a lot of time in libraries. At my high school, I often spent my lunch breaks there.
The food is absolutely atrocious, and parents have no idea. Parents are giving their kids three dollars and saying, ‘Okay, see you later. Go off to school and have a good lunch.’
When we’re playing at home in Utah, breakfast is really the only meal at which I allow myself to be a little unhealthy. So it’s usually pancakes, waffles, eggs, and bacon. I like to keep that consistent. For lunch and dinner, I will have Caesar salad.
Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.
People often ask what my favourite food is, but the answer depends on what I last ate. I love sausages and mash. But if I’d already eaten them for lunch, then you asked me at tea-time, I’d probably answer ‘crab salad.’
We have two day-parts, lunch and dinner. We don’t have breakfast. We don’t have drive-thru. We don’t have late night. We don’t have 24-hours.
In high school, I created a fan group for J.D. Williams, who played Bodie on ‘The Wire.’ I had the chance to meet him, and he took me to have lunch at IHOP. At that point in my life, I noticed this Internet thing was giving me the chance to check off goals off of my bucket list.
If you knew how meat was made, you’d probably lose your lunch.
The most important question in American cinema, I’ve learned, is ‘When is lunch?’
My favorite day at ’30 Rock’ is Thursday when the show airs. At lunch, we screen the episodes. For everyone to watch together, to see the stuff we all worked on, to hear the crew laugh – it’s great fun.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
If the opponents of an increase in the minimum wage were correct, then every time you fly to Seattle, you’ve got to bring a bagged lunch because there shouldn’t be any restaurants because they should have all have gone out of business as a result of raising the minimum wage.
If, at the end of my mandate, all Brazilians have the possibility to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, I will have fulfilled the mission of my life.
In L.A., I see people who are always in their cars, always driving. I encourage them to walk more – walk to the post office, walk to lunch. Even if it is a 10-minute walk, it’s so good for you.
I interned at ‘Hamptons’ magazine. I was 12. I walked around with a pad and was like, ‘What do you guys want for lunch?’ to all the people who worked there.
I’ll do shoes for the lady who lunches, but it would be, like, a really nasty lunch, talking about men. But where I draw the line, what I absolutely won’t do, is the lady who plays bridge in the afternoon!
I’m simply the mom who makes the lunch, drives to school, finds where the toys are, washes the clothes, and I’m here to play. And that’s all I should be.
When I was working on ‘Homeland,’ there was a consultant who helped me a lot… I went to Washington and met with my consultant there, and he actually organised a lunch with several people from the Intelligence Committee.
The lunch in a normal American restaurant is very problematic for me. I don’t like to have hot food for lunch.
I have moong for breakfast with tea, and dal, chawal and sabzi for lunch. For dinner, I just have milk.
I used to be the sort of person that would go out for lunch with girlfriends and get home at 3 A.M.
Mom still has a huge, beautifully decorated Christmas tree. The whole family comes together after midnight mass and has the traditional plum cake and wine. We spend the night at mom’s home, and in the morning we wake up and open the presents. In the afternoon, we sit down to have a traditional Christmas lunch.
