Food Quotes

The French cook; we open tins.

I won't eat any cereal that doesn't turn the milk purple.

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

Understand, when you eat meat, that something did die. You have an obligation to value it - not just the sirloin but also all those wonderful tough little bits.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.

Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before.

Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I'm taking with me when I go.

I like to say, 'Chop suey's the biggest culinary joke that one culture has ever played on another,' because chop suey, if you translate into Chinese, means 'tsap sui,' which, if you translate back, means 'odds and ends.'

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.

Sandwiches are wonderful. You don't need a spoon or a plate!

Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I always think if you have to cook once, it should feed you twice. If you're going to make a big chicken and vegetable soup for lunch on Monday, you stick it in the refrigerator and it's also for Wednesday's dinner.

I won't eat anything green.

Every major food company now has an organic division. There's more capital going into organic agriculture than ever before.

My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual's knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis.

I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days.

Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.