Cuisine Quotes · Page 4

If my cuisine were to be defined by just one taste, it would be that of subtle, aromatic, extra-virgin olive oil.

— Alain Ducasse

Life is too short for cuisine minceur and for diets. Dietetic meals are like an opera without the orchestra.

— Paul Bocuse

I enjoy eating Italian and Japanese cuisine, and abroad, I love Zuma, Nobu, and Cipriani.

— Sidharth Malhotra

“I have come to the conclusion that just as the Japanese live to work, Asians live to eat.”

— Anastacia Oaikhena

There's no insects in American cuisine? Not one? I don't think there are. That's so sad.

— Marcela Valladolid

I don't care if you're doing haute cuisine or burgers and pizza, just do it right.

— Grant Achatz

I had turned down other head chef jobs. I didn't want to take over someone else's cuisine. I wanted to start from…

— Rene Redzepi

When we first did 'Modernist Cuisine,' I think most people in cookbook publishing would have said, 'This is insane.'

— Nathan Myhrvold

I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of the reviewer, because it introduced me to…

— Ted Allen

Canada is a country of ingredients without a cuisine; we're a country with musicians without an indigenous instrument; Toronto's a city that…

— Mike Myers

The biggest thing is education for young chefs and how they should focus on one cuisine rather than trying to imitate too…

— Daniel Boulud

I didn't want to become a chocolatier among others, buying ready-to-use couverture. I wanted to take the same approach I follow in…

— Alain Ducasse

The design of a restaurant should embrace the identity of the chef, the nature of the cuisine, and the context of the…

— David Rockwell

Original, in French: La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur. English: Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.

— Auguste Escoffier

Great food, like all art, enhances and reflects a community’s vitality, growth and solidarity. Yet history bears witness that great cuisines spring…

— Rick Bayless

Scandinavian-Danish cuisine was something quite rustic, mostly known for pastries and smorgasbord cuisine, which in itself has become a joke.

— Rene Redzepi

What would you do if you were President, and, on the first day of May, the Russian Ambassador presented you with a…

— W. C. Fields

The dishes of the present day are very light, and they have a particular delicacy and perfume. The secret has been discovered…

— Louis-Sebastien Mercier

The image foreigners have of French cuisine is fattening and very fancy food. But it's not true - French food isn't just…

— Alain Ducasse

I think the great Mexican cuisine is dying because there are fast foods now competing, because there are supermarkets, and supermarkets can't…

— Alma Guillermoprieto

Speaking of food, English cuisine has received a lot of unfair criticism over the years, but the truth is that it can…

— Dave Barry

The irony is that Iraq actually has one of the richest and most sophisticated cuisines in the world. So many classic American…

— Annia Ciezadlo

I love pork. I love a good BLT. I know that sounds horrible but I do. I'm a total foodie. I love…

— Bob Bergen

In the United States, there is a restaurant called The Outback Steakhouse, and I could survive in there for several weeks at…

— Steve Carell

I had never seen an avocado until I came to London in 1994. They just weren't a feature of southern Italian cuisine.

— Gino D'Acampo

Cuisine has become too complicated - this is about subject, verb, adjective: duck, turnips, sauce.

— Alain Ducasse

“Cuisine is a universal and mixed-race love marriage, in which man sublimates a place and a culture.”

— Marc Veyrat

The pleasure of eating something because it is expensive has absolutely nothing to do with the taste of good cuisine.

— Marcel Boulestin

As a food writer, it's my job to know each and every cuisine on this planet as well as I can.

— Melissa Leong

Whenever you see the word cuisine used instead of the word food, be prepared to pay an additional eighty percent.

— George Carlin

It's nice to eat Punjabi cuisine as it's not only tasty but also quite healthy.

— Kunal Kapoor

Persian cuisine is, above all, about balance - of tastes and flavors, textures and temperatures. In every meal, even on every plate,…

— Samin Nosrat

Middle Eastern cuisine has the same depth of ingredients and processes as other cuisines. They just haven't had as much exposure.

— Yotam Ottolenghi

My favorite Polish foods are the soups, and particularly the sour soups, which I don't think I've ever had anywhere else. Zurek,…

— Anne Applebaum

Take advantage of the gracious condescension of the elegant calf's kidney, multiply its metamorphoses: you can without giving it any offence, call…

— Emmanuel des Essarts

It is critical to have a sound understanding of traditional culinary principles before attempting to push boundaries in cuisine. Larousse Gastronomique helps…

— Grant Achatz

I've traveled all the way around the world; I've been to over 95 countries, so I love ethnic food, different types of cuisine.

— Larry Fitzgerald

Indian food beats everything else, in my book. The kinds of cuisine our country offers is just amazing. Every single dish has…

— Farhan Akhtar

A great introduction to cultures is their cuisine. It not only reflects their evolution, but also their beliefs and traditions.

— Vikas Khanna

My German heritage, it's through food. Growing up in Switzerland, the thing that I remember the most is the food. And so…

— Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark