The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill.

The quality of food is in inverse proportion to a dining room's altitude, especially atop bank and hotel buildings (airplanes are an extreme example).

[If there were a] gross disparity ... then the odds are it's price-gouging.

Never eat Chinese food in Oklahoma.

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.

The Polo Lounge is like a fine old mink coat: opulent, dignified and warm.