Culinary Quotes · Page 23

Proust had his madeleines; I am devastated by the scent of yeast bread rising.

— Bert Greene

It is well known among physicians that the best of the nourishing foods is the one that the Moslem religion forbids, i.e.,…

— Maimonides

I want order and taste. A well displayed meal is enhanced one hundred per cent in my eyes.

— Marie-Antoine Careme

I always plan dinner first thing in the morning. That's the only way I can get through the day, having a specific…

— Alan King

In the last analysis, a pickle is a cucumber with experience.

— Irena Chalmers

There are no standards of taste in wine... Each man's own taste is the standard, and a majority vote cannot decide for…

— Mark Twain

Ethnic, cultural, artistic and culinary diversity. LA...a feast for the senses.

— Yasmine Bleeth

As if a cookbook had anything to do with writing.

— Alice B. Toklas

I'm a filmmaker who decided to go to culinary school. All I picked up was the fact if I didn't understand what…

— Alton Brown

Chicken may be eaten constantly without becoming nauseating.

— Andre Simon

Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes What would life be like without homegrown tomatoes Only two things that money can't buy That's…

— John Denver

Ten cooks' shops! ...and all within three minutes' driving! one would think that all the cooks in the world ...had said -…

— Laurence Sterne

When she goes about her kitchen duties, chopping, carving, mixing, whisking, she moves with the grace and precision of a ballet dancer,…

— Craig Claiborne

One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food

— Edna Lewis

The tomato offers its gift of fiery color and cool completeness.

— Pablo Neruda

Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture.

— Mark Kurlansky

The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe.

— John Gould

Hunger finds no fault with the cookery.

— Henry George Bohn

Most importantly, what you get from a greasy spoon is a certain kind of smell that has been almost legislated out of…

— Kathryn Hughes

'Tis thought the king is dead; we will not stay. The bay trees in our country are all wither'd.

— William Shakespeare

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

Being American is to eat a lot of beef steak, and boy, we've got a lot more beef steak than any other…

— Kurt Vonnegut

He receives comfort like cold porridge.

— William Shakespeare

I've never gone to culinary school, but I do love cooking.

— Keshia Knight Pulliam

Contemporary societies have lost the sense of the feast but have kept the obscure drive for it.

— Umberto Eco