I’m late to dinner, but I’m early to being in love. I’m such a gentleman that I hold every door open—even if the guy sitting in the bathroom stall is protesting.

I think I’ll add a little chili powder.” ~ Seth Asa, age 37From Dinnertimes: Stories of American Life, 1912 to 2012

I think I’ll help myself to seconds.

Your favorite occupation? Travel in contested territory. Hard-working writing and reading when safely home, in the knowledge that an amusing friend is later coming to dinner.

She invited me out to dinner, and I declined saying I’m not a fan of big groups. She said it would be just us two, and I said, Like I said, I’m not a fan...

If kids six and under eat free, then I’m an infant. Or at least infantile. Bring on the steaks.

I’m out there talking to everyone. My days are filled with breakfast, lunches, dinner and drinks.

One should not have to walk into a restaurant and greet the staff to get good service. They should be greeting me and give me good service.

I made her late, so she made me dinner. And by late I mean pregnant. And by dinner I mean marry her.

What two sides do I want with my dinner? The left and the right side.

I make a dog-friendly version of almost everything that we make for dinner.

I put the all in allow. Well, I put in most. All the rest I forbid! If it pleases you, dinner will be ready as soon as you make it.

You can’t forget how important coming together is, whether it be a mom and a son, a dad and a daughter, whether the family be ten people, or twenty people, or a million people. Dinnertime...

They served “Good Food” but only a G, an O and a D were lit up. Personally, I doubted God dined there. Unless God was keen on samonella poisoning and rat droppings in the hamburgers....

There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious setting of the kitchen table.

Kevin,” I called dinner.

I bought a big brown stuffed animal. You know, for dinner.

Well let’s face it, who on earth besides antique dealers and gay couples actually still give dinner parties?