You may not think you eat a lot of corn and soybeans, but you do: 75 percent of the vegetable oils in your diet come from soy (representing 20 percent of your daily calories) and more than half of the sweeteners you consume come from corn (representi...
Ah—now you think I have been lying to you, that this is only a story. It has a king in it. And while a story with Death might be true, a story with a king in it is always a fairy tale. But remember, this comes from a time when kings were as common ...
Southern political personalities, like sweet corn, travel badly. They lose flavor with every hundred yards away from the patch. By the time they reach New York, they are like Golden Bantam that has been trucked up from Texas ― stale and unprofitabl...
Very simply, we subsidize high-fructose corn syrup in this country, but not carrots. While the surgeon general is raising alarms over the epidemic of obesity, the president is signing farm bills designed to keep the river of cheap corn flowing, guara...
Corn is the hero of its own story, and though we humans played a crucial supporting role in its rise to world domination, it would be wrong to suggest we have been calling the shots, or acting always in our own best interests. Indeed there is every r...
My parents had a gardener when I was growing up, and he and I would dig in the dirt together - my mom and dad were definitely not digging with me! When I was 5, he helped me plant some corn in our backyard, and I remember how fascinating it was to wa...
I'm a lover of fairs and corn dogs.
I raise corn and cattle and soybeans. Soybeans are a good cash crop.
In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage.
Sex is good, but not as good as fresh sweet corn.
Today's smartest advertising style is tomorrow's corn.
Gusteau: Remy, what are you doing in here? Remy: [harassed] Emile shows up... I said not to, I told him! He goes and blabs - it's a disaster! Anyway, they're hungry, the food safe is locked, and I need the key. Gusteau: They want you to steal food? R...
Corn is a greedy crop, as farmers will tell you.
A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.
I grew up on red meat and corn. But I don't eat like that anymore.
Illinois corn farmers are the Nation's number two exporter of feed grains.
Kansas had better stop raising corn and begin raising hell.
I am America's number-one fan. I like your food. Especially corn flakes.
I've heard there are vegan corn dogs - I don't know if that's true but, jeez, I'd love to eat one of them.
I was wearing corn plasters above and below my toes and taping my ankles twice.
We have a saying in Guns N' Roses: 'When somebody's gonna get yelled at, they're gonna get the corn.'
