882 private quotes tagged food

“I'm girlie in the sense that I like makeup, but I also love sports and man food.” — Carrie Underwood

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“Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless.” — Norman Borlaug

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“Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.” — Norman Borlaug

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“I think what I do differently from a lot of TV chefs is that I break down barriers and make fine food more accessible to the regular person, who might be intimidated. I try hard, particularly with wine, to make it not intimidating. It's sort of a teaching job.” — Ted Allen

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“I believe food is the most brilliant invention ever.” — Helena Christensen

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“Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and it's just as fast.” — Mario Batali

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“Start with a clean grill. Keep it clean by brushing with a wire brush after preheating, and again after cooking. Make sure to oil your grates and your food before putting it on the grill to keep it from sticking.” — Emeril Lagasse

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“There are a lot of food Nazis in the U.S., but I believe if you can show people what's really important, they'll judge the rest for themselves.” — Mehmet Oz

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“I always knew that food and wine were vital, with my mother being Italian and a good cook.” — Robert Mondavi

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“People always comment about my clothes. They don't think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook.” — Padma Lakshmi

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“If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.” — James Lovelock

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“The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these fatty meats, our poor brethren in the developing world die of diseases of poverty, because the land is not used now to grow food grain for their families.” — Jeremy Rifkin

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“It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision.” — Len Wein

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“When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.” — Barbara Boxer

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“I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.” — Padma Lakshmi

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“I love home cooking, and I'm not a great one for fast food.” — Bear Grylls

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“As far away as you can get from the process of mechanisms and machinery, the more likely your food's going to taste good. And that - that is probably the largest thing I can hand to anybody is let your hands touch it. Let them make it.” — Mario Batali

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“Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.” — Robert Mondavi

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“Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.” — Mario Batali

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“My last meal? The food would be much less significant than the company.” — Mario Batali

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“When you love food as much as I do, staying healthy is not easy. I mean, moderation, not deprivation. That's my new way of living. I always want more and that's just my life.” — Carnie Wilson

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“When you cut that eggplant up and you roast it in the oven and you make the tomato sauce and you put it on top, your soul is in that food, and there's something about that that can never be made by a company that has three million employees.” — Mario Batali

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“Shop often, shop hard, and spend for the best stuff available - logic dictates that you can make delicious food only with delicious ingredients.” — Mario Batali

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“Don't you have a machine that puts food into the mouth and pushes it down?” — Nikita Khrushchev

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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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