Quotes about Food

“The knish is a classic example of peasant food evolving into comfort food and even sophisticated fare.”

“I like good Mexican food, and there's not a lot of that around North Carolina.”

“One should eat to live, not live to eat.”

“I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values.”

“The fact that over 50 per cent of the residents of Toronto are not from Canada, that is always a good thing, creatively, and for food especially. That is easily a city's biggest strength, and it is Toronto's unique strength.”

“If people ate local and seasonal food they'd eat far better and cheaper foods and it would help farming in this country. There are far too many imported vegetables.”

“Salt has a greater impact on flavor than any other ingredient. Learn to use it well, and food will taste good.”

“Me, the bard out of work, the Lord has applied to His service. In the very beginning, He gave me the order to sing His praises night and day. The Master summoned the minstrel to His True Court. He clothed me with the robe of His true honour and eulogy. Since then, the True Name had become my ambrosial food.”

“Even if you don't think you can cook well, you can cook better than the food industry.”

“If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed-sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.”

“Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family.”

“The food and culture of any place go hand in hand.”

“It's important to have a healthy balanced diet but not to get too bogged down about it. It's important to enjoy your food, too.”

“I'm kind of obsessed with food. I like to eat.”

“I've prioritized taking care of my mind, having fun, and doing things that make me laugh. And eating well - as in, really good food, like steak or pasta or fresh vegetables or an amazing dessert. You know, 'treat yo'self.'”

“Nom is a place for food lovers.”

“I can make dressing - or stuffing. Y'all call it stuffing up here, we call it dressing down there. It's really good dressing. That family recipe was passed on, and I love to make that.”

“Is Elizabeth Taylor fat? Her favorite food is seconds.”

“What people want is their basic needs. So I'm trying to help people ensure their basic need: that means food security, healthcare, education, and job opportunity and a better life.”

“You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for.”

“When I got out of the water in my old routine, I'm just looking for any food in sight to just stuff in my body - just very, very hungry.”