882 private quotes tagged food

“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.” — John Harvey Kellogg

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“Food is not your best friend or enemy.” — Bethenny Frankel

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“While weight loss is important, what's more important is the quality of food you put in your body - food is information that quickly changes your metabolism and genes.” — Mark Hyman

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“The wonderful thing about Food for Thought is that it lets you keep your hand in theater and be in front of a live audience without a commitment of six months, or even three months.” — Treat Williams

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“Absolutely, there is a connection between food and love. I always say, when there's love in my heart or I'm feeling particularly good, the food comes out that much better. And so I think Valentine's Day is a special day.” — Todd English

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“I don't think I've ever read a food piece or a food book.” — Calvin Trillin

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“I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they got egg on their face a year or two later.” — Susan George

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“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.” — Calvin Trillin

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“For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable.” — Gloria Steinem

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“My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat!” — Edie Brickell

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“All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone to show that you can make mistakes - I do all the time - but it doesn't matter.” — Jamie Oliver

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“Heads know that failing to invest in good, nutritious food is a false economy and parents won't tolerate reconstituted turkey being put back on the menu.” — Jamie Oliver

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“It's very clear that there's a lot of double standards going on. Should there be a 30mph speed limit? Of course there bloody should. And certainly with kids and school food, kids need to be nannied for sure. So give them a bloody good meal at school.” — Jamie Oliver

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“I want Americans to enjoy food. I want them to celebrate food. I want them to, on occasions, to have big cakes and great things. And I want them to indulge.” — Jamie Oliver

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“Food was a constant topic of conversation in our household.” — Paul Lynde

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“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.” — Michael Symon

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“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.” — Michael Symon

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“For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.” — Mary Schmich

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“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.” — Lakhdar Brahimi

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“My goal in 'Live to Cook' is to make great food more approachable for home cooks.” — Michael Symon

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“It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought.” — P. G. Wodehouse

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“I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta.” — Naomi Campbell

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“The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food. But when Eva walks in, she becomes the center of attention.” — Eva Gabor

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“We are not really privy to all that crazy stuff that goes on in the show. I go to work, eat, and talk about food. The wild things happen when we aren't around. I expected Top Chef to last three or four seasons and we are now shooting season ten.” — Tom Colicchio

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“You can buy a box of low-fat macaroni and cheese made with powdered nonsense. I'm not worried if I'm using four different cheeses and it's high in fat. It's real food. That's what's more important.” — Tom Colicchio

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