Buying Quote by Alice Waters

When I started out in the early 1970s French cooking was really my only serious influence. For the first 10 years of having the…

— Rick Stein

I was born in a suburb of Paris, and I grew up there until I was 16, so there were always a lot of…

— Vanessa Paradis

When I am up in Paris then the restaurant which has remained my favourite for the past decade is Guy Savoy. The menu is…

— Jean Reno

I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely.

— James Weldon Johnson

In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable…

— Sebastian Faulks

In each restaurant, I develop a different culinary sensibility. In Paris, I'm more classic, because that's what customers like. In Monaco, it's classic Mediterranean…

— Alain Ducasse

I envy the people who go to Paris the first time

— Marc Jacobs

That's when I began drinking coffee. I was hung up on every little thing. I loved Paris, and felt straightaway at home. Not to…

— Rosecrans Baldwin

Paris for lunch, dinner in St. Petersburg.

— Wilhelm II

I lived in Paris for four years, so I am obsessed with pastries. Croissants, pain au chocolat, cakes, macarons, all of that!

— Barbara Fialho

I never had the idea of moving to Paris and becoming something. I liked the idea of living in Paris because it seemed to…

— Rosecrans Baldwin

For my part, my interest in Paris had faded away completely long ago when I learned that it was in France.

— Jeff Lindsay