Food Quotes · Page 607

I had six brothers, we used to fight for breakfast, for food. I'm not going to be scared by anyone with two…

— Nigel Benn

I don't like cakey things but will devour anything pickled or salty like capers, beetroot and anchovies.

— Sara Cox

Part of my becoming a vegetarian was that I would look at my burger, then look at my dogs, and I wasn't…

— Kristen Bell

My heart and passion lies in reviving authentic dishes and celebrating their distinct flavours.

— Chef Damu

I have found out what I am allergic to, and I am trying to avoid that in my daily food intake.

— R. Madhavan

“In the rather informal survey I have taken over the years on intensity of interest in food by profession, lawyers rank only…

— Calvin Trillin

It is thought that potato water is unhealthy; and therefore do not boil potatoes in soup, but boil elsewhere, and add them…

— Catharine Beecher

There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do…

— Gordon Ramsay

I was miserable at uni. There were months at a time when I wouldn't leave the house unless it was to buy…

— Jenny Ryan

“And ice-cream cones,' she says. 'What is it with you and ice-cream cones?' He licks around the edge of his cone as…

— Jonathan Tropper

I heard about the project over a year before we began. My American agent said, 'Oh, you might want to read 'In…

— Toby Jones

My mother would make meat and sides, but in college, I was always in a hurry, so cooking meat was quick and…

— Jon Fitch

“Everyone can make scrambled eggs, Remy. It's programmed into you at birth, the default setting. Like being able to swim and knowing…

— Sarah Dessen

I think that we can often be eating and not even really acknowledging that we are putting something about our mouths. I…

— Patsy Kensit

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

— Maimonides

“Lectins also facilitate the attachment and binding of viruses and bacteria to their intended targets. Believe it or not, some people—those who…

— Steven R. Gundry

I'm fairly adventurous with my eating. I've tried kangaroo, and Moreton Bay bugs, which are a kind of lobster, are so good.

— Brian O'Driscoll

“There you are. A simple commandment. Not ten of them, just one: 'Thou shalt not eat.' (Personally, I wish the very first…

— Liz curtis higgs

Too many books are full of recipes that aren't doable at home. They are purely aspirational. They are quite frightening, even for…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

Carbs - especially pasta - are the fuel my body needs to maintain an athletic lifestyle.

— Joe Bastianich

The reason I started officially learning to cook was because when I first got pregnant, I had to face the sad fact…

— Drew Barrymore

“When they figure out how to bottle up orgasms and sell them as a food additive, I'll be first in line.”

— Nenia Campbell

Have you ever known anyone who bought a fruitcake for himself? Of course not. They are purchased as Christmas gifts, mostly for…

— Phyllis Diller

I think everybody, no matter what they eat, they should eat at least fifty percent raw food. But I eat some seafood.

— Brett Dennen

I think what I love most about the raw food thing is it's real alchemy. It's a really interesting science, and I…

— Boy George

I love cooking Italian food. My dad is Italian, although my dishes also have my mum's German-Polish influence.

— Jack Savoretti

Having so much nutrients and flavor in such a small plant really puts microgreens into the superfood category for me.

— Brad Leone

I've seen many amazing chefs, girls, come into the kitchen and then give it up to be with their boyfriend. Would he…

— Monica Galetti

The beautiful thing about having family that has diabetes is knowing what not to do. I got an uncle that thinks insulin…

— Damon Wayans

Im sick of the foodies who need every morsel that goes into their mouth to be a Picasso painting, a Giacometti sculpture,…

— Jessi Klein

The biggest issue by far is that carbohydrates are absolutely at the cornerstone of all of our major degenerative conditions.

— David Perlmutter

I think peas are really nasty. I liked them when I was younger, but I guess when you get older you have…

— Rico Rodriguez

It has been well said that a hungry man is more interested in four sandwiches than four freedoms.

— Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr

If I'm going to get an ice cream cone two or three times a week, then it's a pleasure. No guilt.

— Melissa Leo

I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus…

— Martin Yan

How many times did your parents tell you to eat your food because there were starving children in Africa? Throwing away food…

— Mercedes Schlapp

Barbecue chips, Lay's in particular are my favorite. If you have anything barbecue around me, I'm pretty much nibblin' on 'em.

— Bradley Beal

For a rub with sweet tang: mix just a little bit of light brown sugar to garlic pepper, black pepper, and onion…

— Johnny Trigg

“Shoving hot bread up a roasting bird's ass & feasting on it seems like an apt celebration of colonialism.”

— Sherman Alexie

A good cook is not necessarily a good woman with an even temper. Some allowance should be made for artistic temperament.

— Marcel Boulestin