“A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher's stall passes as food.”
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“The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out.”
“When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.”
“I don't think I've ever read a food piece or a food book.”
“I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.”
“Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.”
“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.”
“When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.”
“I love doing demonstrations. I think to be a great chef you have to be a great teacher. I love doing classes with people who love food and enjoy food, bringing them all around one table so to speak.”
“Recipes are important but only to a point. What's more important than recipes is how we think about food, and a good cookbook should open up a new way of doing just that.”
“Go to the grocery store and buy better things. Buy quality, buy organic, buy natural, go to the farmers market. Immediately that's going to increase the quality of the food you make.”
“I don't think any other holiday embraces the food of the Midwest quite like Thanksgiving. There's roasted meat and mashed potatoes. But being here is also about heritage. Cleveland is really a giant melting pot - not only is my family a melting pot, but so is the city.”
“My goal in 'Live to Cook' is to make great food more approachable for home cooks.”
“I don't do yoga. I bite the hella outta my nails. I smoke, I eat all the wrong food, I don't exercise.”
“For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.”
“It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought.”
“I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta.”
“A fly cannot go in unless it stops somewhere therefore weapons, fuel, food, money will not go to Afghanistan unless the neighbors of Afghanistan are working, are cooperating, either being themselves the origin or the transit.”
“Queuing tips for fans: wrap up and bring food!”
“I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.”
“Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.”
“Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me the same food the admiral ate.”
“I'm reading a lot of different books, but I always think I have to switch it up a little bit. It's like food - everything in moderation, same with my books, same with my reading. You read books that are good for you and you learn a lot of stuff, then you read 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' which is like candy.”
“I can't deliver lines, but I can talk about food all night long.”