Morgan Murphy (food critic)



Morgan Murphy (born February 14, 1972) is an award-winning American food critic and the author of "Off the Eaten Path" by Time Warner.

Bourbon & Bacon (2014)

 * I went on a bourbon diet for three days and lost a week.
 * p. 68
 * Another round? It would be rude not to.
 * p. 74
 * Abstaining from bourbon and bacon doesn't make you live longer. It just feels that way.
 * p. 130
 * Bacon tastes better than skinny feels.
 * p. 161
 * If there's no bacon in heaven, I don't plan on going.
 * p. 180
 * All my life my mother has told me I'm hard to shop for. She can't find the bacon aisle!
 * p. 193
 * I don't care whether the glass is half full or half empty as long as there's bacon on the plate.
 * p. 213
 * Bacon makes almost any meal tolerable.
 * p. 216
 * I wish you all full plates, glasses, tables, and hearts.
 * p. 288

Off the Eaten Path: Second Helpings (2013)

 * This isn't a diet book. In fact, you may gain 30 pounds just reading it.
 * p. 7
 * I may be the only man in America who can qualify for workers' comp based on my cholesterol.
 * p. 7

Off the Eaten Path (2011)

 * If you truly want to learn a place, eat the food of its people.
 * p. 8

Sourced

 * My four Southern food groups are bourbon, salt, bacon and pie.
 * Interview with The Chicago Tribune, Jan. 10, 2012
 * In the South, you will get a lot of sugar — and by that we mean a lot of hugs and kisses. We don't air kiss in the South.
 * Interview with The Chicago Tribune, Jan. 10, 2012