“The thing with food is that you can give 20 people the same recipe and the same ingredients, and somebody's going to make it better than somebody else, and that's the creativity of it. It's like music. You could have a bunch of people playing the same piece, and somebody's gonna play it better.”
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“I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me.”
“Their life is about getting enough money to put food on the table to feed their children, and that's it.”
“And though various organizations in America and England collected money and sent food parcels to these refugees, nothing was ever received by the Spanish.”
“Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach.”
“From the described experiment it is clear that the mere act of eating, the food even not reaching the stomach, determines the stimulation of the gastric glands.”
“It has long been known for sure that the sight of tasty food makes a hungry man's mouth water also lack of appetite has always been regarded as an undesirable phenomenon, from which one might conclude that appetite is essentially linked with the process of digestion.”
“Appetite, craving for food, is a constant and powerful stimulator of the gastric glands.”
“You can heal your body with food.”
“I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard.”
“We cover hamburgers, chicken, veggie burgers, salads, we've got a pretty broad range. To me, McDonald's isn't only about the food. It's about the prices, it's about the way we eat.”
“UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists.”
“I've talked to some drummers who seem to have a very hard time staying in shape on the road, including some drummers touring with high-profile acts that don't have to live on fast food every night.”
“The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress.”
“I would like to have you quote me, Erich von Stroheim, as having said on this day of this month of this year this one thing: you Americans are living on baby food.”
“I used to hang out by the food table at parties because you don't have to talk to anybody. If you do then you can talk about the food.”
“I don't like salads: I like the strong food.”
“I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equivalent of comfort food. You know, it's always where I go back to when I just want to feel sort of grounded.”
“I think for me, food was a way for me to deal with emotional trouble.”
“I do eat well. I try to love my body. That is what I tell my daughter. I say, 'Love every bite of food. Love your body. We're all going to be dead soon.' Actually I don't say that last thing to her.”
“Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.”
“I can get whatever I want to eat and when you, you know, you forget to eat you sometimes pick up fast food.”
“Don't make jokes about food.”
“Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have the industrial portions. We must find some way of persuading Russia to play ball.”