Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live. — Socrates Copy Share Image
It is an oldish question, but not perhaps a very interesting one, whether cooking is an art or not. — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
So long as people don't know how to eat they will not have good cooks. — Auguste Escoffier Copy Share Image
I sacrifice to no god save myself- And to my belly, greatest of deities. — Euripides Copy Share Image
It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs. — W. S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
By making this wine known to the public, I have rendered my country as great a service as if I had enabled… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Young chefs, famous chefs, home cooks, and everyone who loves food and cooking-we all depend on Larousse Gastronomique. It is the only… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I realized that in order to write about food you need to understand everything about cooking, so I moved to New… — Gail Simmons Copy Share Image
Even just a few spices or ethnic condiments that you can keep in your pantry can turn your mundane dishes into a… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
As long as you represent me as praising alcohol I shall not complain. It is, I believe, the greatest of human inventions,… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Alcohol is a very necessary article. It enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Omit and substitute! That's how recipes should be written. Please don't ever get so hung up on published recipes that you forget… — Jeff Smith Copy Share Image
Large, naked, raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who live in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
At Babbo, each dish grew out of a conversation, trying to put something forth that was new and different. It was a… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
What is a turducken? An exclusive culinary creation available by special order from some little Cajun town down south. Entirely deboned, a… — S.A. Bodeen Copy Share Image
Food is an implement of magic, and only the most coldhearted rationalist could squeeze the juices of life out of it and… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
RAREBIT n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Despite everything I've achieved in my life, the culinary awards, the military commendations, the honorary degrees, I have never, ever lost sight… — Andrew Schneider Copy Share Image
Lyon is full of temperamental gourmets, eternally engaged in a never-ending search for that imaginary, perfect, unknown little back-street bistro, where one… — Roy Andries De Groot Copy Share Image
In Singapore, there is this life and locals and restaurants and then big casinos and an array of chefs, and even Miami… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
I didn't realize I was living in a very unique situation until I became a culinary professional. For me, there was nothing… — Marcela Valladolid Copy Share Image
Sauces in cookery are like the first rudiments of grammar - the foundation of all languages. — Alexis Soyer Copy Share Image
A taste older than meat, older than wine. A taste as old as cold water. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin surprise thee, and her black attendant Death. — John Milton Copy Share Image
In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Copy Share Image
I do not think anything serious should be done after dinner, as nothing should be before breakfast. — George Saintsbury Copy Share Image
When I started to write culinary mysteries, I did it because nobody was doing it anymore. — Diane Mott Davidson Copy Share Image
There are many miracles in the world to be celebrated and, for me, garlic is the most deserving. — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
I prefer milk because I am a Prohibitionist, but I do not go to it for inspiration. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If you're given champagne at lunch, there's a catch somewhere. — 1st Viscount Lyons Richard Lyons Copy Share Image
You can travel fifty thousand miles in America without once tasting a piece of good bread. — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
If you could make a pudding wi' thinking o' the batter, it 'ud be easy getting dinner. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I'm fond of anything that comes from the sea, and that includes sailors. — Janet Flanner Copy Share Image
Those from whom nature has withheld taste invented trousers. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Copy Share Image
