882 private quotes tagged food

“Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food.” — Joseph Butler

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“Global trade has advantages. For starters, it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food.” — David Suzuki

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“I became a fanatic about healthy food in 1944.” — Gloria Swanson

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“In the 21st century our tastes buds, our brain chemistry, our biochemistry, our hormones and our kitchens have been hijacked by the food industry.” — Mark Hyman

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“Freedom must be gained step by step, slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it.” — Lech Walesa

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“Listen - of course money changes everything, but so does sunlight, and so does food: These are powerful but neutral energy sources, neither inherently good nor evil but shaped only by the way we use them.” — Elizabeth Gilbert

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“I came here because the city has a tradition and is a very respected food city.” — Emeril Lagasse

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“Music is one of those things that is constantly going in my head all the time. It's sort of like the evolution and creation of doing food, or my philosophy about wine. It's always beating in my head, so it keeps the spirit moving.” — Emeril Lagasse

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“What I've learned is I want to enjoy my life, and food is a big part of it.” — Gwyneth Paltrow

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“My Food Network shows, 'Emeril Live' and 'Essence of Emeril,' are not in production right now, but I wouldn't say that I'm necessarily leaving Food Network. I have a lot of television still in me. I enjoy teaching people, so it's just a matter of time before I do something new.” — Emeril Lagasse

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“A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that.” — Alton Brown

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“I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.” — Lee Child

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“I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.” — Bob Woodward

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“Habaneros have a great fruity flavor, but the challenge is that you have to deflect the heat in order to taste the flavor. If you don't, you're dead. They should really have a warning sign on them. Deflect the habanero's heat by pairing it with sweet food.” — Bobby Flay

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“Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy.” — Marilu Henner

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“I'm a home cook and love to read about food, but I'm not trained as a chef. I'm just really into cooking and passionate about it.” — Ted Allen

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“To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.” — Wendell Berry

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“Working at the Food Bank with my kids is an eye-opener. The face of hunger isn't the bum on the street drinking Sterno it's the working poor. They don't look any different, they don't behave any differently, they're not really any less educated. They are incredibly less privileged, and that's it.” — Mario Batali

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“Those other 10 o'clock shows that come on, all you get from them is headaches and nightmares when you go to bed! At least we give you food, know what I mean?” — Emeril Lagasse

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“Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - a house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.” — Margaret Fuller

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“I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent.” — Giacomo Casanova

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“Food is a coping mechanism people are afraid of giving it up because then they'll feel confused and lost.” — Phil McGraw

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“I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy.” — Ted Allen

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“But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.” — Carol Burnett

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“I moved to New York last year and I love it. It's a huge change and I've always wanted to spend time there. It's like a more intense London, and everything's up a few notches. The lights are brighter, the pace is faster and the food's better.” — Rachel Weisz

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