Life is like eating artichokes; you have got to go through so much to get so little.
topic: Vegetables, Life Is Like, Littles, Artichokes

topic: Vegetables, Rose, Church, Pastries, Hot Sauce
topic: Growing Up, Kids, Thinking, Okra, Artichokes
Artichoke: That vegetable of which one has more at the finish than at the start of dinner.
topic: Vegetables, Dinner, Culinary, Artichokes
source: Jane Grigson (2007). “Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book”, p.15, U of Nebraska Press
topic: Expression, Vegetables, Two, Instant Gratification, Crescendo
I have often wondered who was the first person to realize that eating an artichoke was a good idea.
topic: Ideas, Firsts, Realizing, First Person, Artichokes
topic: Book, People, Investing, Artichokes
source: "Katy Perry: The press is no friend to marriage". www.today.com. May 4, 2011.
topic: Thinking, Careers, People, Tasty, Artichokes
topic: Country, California, Desert, Mojave, Avocados
topic: House, Dining, Jelly, Venison, Artichokes
source: D. H. Lawrence, Mara Kalnins (2002). “Sea and Sardinia”, p.22, Cambridge University Press
topic: Dark, Vegetables, Sea, Celery, Figs
topic: Important, Way, Ingredients, Highlighting, Artichokes
topic: White, June, July, Asparagus, Wild Strawberries
topic: Mother, Flower, Kids, Zucchini, Artichokes
topic: Flower, Vegetables, Squash, Celery, Lettuce
topic: Girl, Tea, Rooms, Gone Series, Artichokes
source: A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.72, Simon and Schuster
topic: Nice, Health, Southern, Artichokes, Microbes
topic: Home, Night, Sweat, Artichokes
topic: Men, Sky, Voice, Artichokes
source: Corky Pollan, Lori Pollan, Dana Pollan, Tracy Pollan (2016). “The Pollan Family Table: The Best Recipes and Kitchen Wisdom for Delicious, Healthy Family Meals”, p.8, Simon and Schuster
topic: Mother, Vegetables, Kitchen, Asparagus, Broccoli
I grow vegetables - I'm a vegetarian; I've got strawberries, artichokes, leeks, broad beans.
source: "Lady Rolling Stone". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2008.
topic: Vegetables, Vegetarian, Strawberries, Artichokes