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Calvin Trillin
American
Journalist
Born:
Dec 5
,
1935
Book
Food
Me
People
Think
You
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As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.
Calvin Trillin
Word
Everyone
Invented
Like
Concerned
Make
Sound
As Far As
Far
Whom
Butler
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.
Calvin Trillin
Food
People
Spices
Members
Out
Sort
Because
Trying
Just
Places
Keep
Garlic
Associate
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.
Calvin Trillin
Saying
Food
Wise
Better
Preparation
Elsewhere
Pressing
Visit
Possible
Diner
About
Kitchen
He
Invited
Operated
Policy
Known
Politely
Always
Chinese
Chinese Food
Engagement
Less
Who
With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.
Calvin Trillin
Crazy
You
Humor
Drive
Think
Would
Ideal
Reader
Subjective
Trying
You know, I used to say, when people say, 'How do you think about what to write about in the poems every week?' And I say, 'Well, I have to turn it in on Monday, so on Sunday nights I turn the shower to iambic pentameter and it sort of works out that way.'
Calvin Trillin
You
People
Sunday
Monday
Every
Think
Nights
Way
Say
Out
People Say
About
Poems
Week
Write
Know
Well
Sort
How
Turn
Used
Shower
Works
I don't think I've ever read a food piece or a food book.
Calvin Trillin
Food
Book
Think
Piece
Read
Ever
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