Eat a peach?
Imagine trying to eat a peach, or even an apple or an orange, in the manner described in Mrs. Humphry’s Etiquette for Every Day (London: Grant Richards, 1904).
Another Cento
Only the finest lines from the poets of il dolce stil novo — Guinizelli, Cavalcanti, Dante — go into Cento Tomato Puree.
Wallace Stevens on persimmons
“I have far more things to eat and far more things to drink than are good for me. I indulge in abstemious spells merely to keep my balance.”