882 private quotes tagged food

“Food is no longer sacred to us: in becoming too efficient we've changed its nature.” — Mehmet Oz

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“You know the great irony is that people think you have to have money to enjoy fine food, which is a shame.” — Ted Allen

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

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“I wasn't passionate about food until I'd been cooking for a while. I started long before food became part of the mainstream media. I just wanted to cook, period.” — Bobby Flay

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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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“I've always hoped 'Chopped' would telegraph our enormous affection and love and admiration for chefs and food, but at the same time, we are inflicting extraordinary cruelty on them.” — Ted Allen

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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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“Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops.” — Jeremy Rifkin

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“Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.” — Ina Garten

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“There are pockets of great food in Spain, but there are also pockets of very mediocre food in Spain, and the same in Morocco and the same in Croatia and the same in Germany and the same in Austria.” — Mario Batali

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“Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.” — Mary Catherine Bateson

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“I don't enjoy good food. I don't enjoy flashy cars. I don't care if I live in a dump. I don't enjoy good clothes. This is the best I've dressed in months.” — Jack Kevorkian

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“Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and clean water and sanitation.” — Bjorn Lomborg

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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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“You know, for 300 years it's been kind of the same. There are restaurants in New Orleans that the menu hasn't changed in 125 years, so how is one going to change or evolve the food?” — Emeril Lagasse

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