"Some of the food in Liquor is food I’ve really eaten filtered through a veil of fiction." ― Poppy Z. Brite Topic(s): Food More From Poppy Z. Brite "This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor’s lack of hot sex scenes, probably because they aren’t old enough to understand that a passionate relationship could be about anything other than sex." "My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery – which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove." "I like visiting people’s homes on Saint Joseph’s Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the public – I enjoy that much more than Mardi Gras." More In Food "Rice at present prices provides more food for the money than most of the other cereals."― David F. Houston "Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity."― Nancy Astor "Music is one of those things that is constantly going in my head all the time. It’s sort of like the evolution and creation of doing food, or my philosophy about wine. It’s always beating in my head, so it keeps the spirit moving."― Emeril Lagasse