Cookery Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Our ingenuity in feeding ourselves is prodigious, but at various points our technologies come into conflict with nature's ways of doing things, as when…

— Michael Pollan

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.

— Francois Fenelon

Producing food to eat is the single most destructive environmental activity humans engage in.

— Ramez Naam

Food production has affected the environment more than any other activity humans have engaged in. Humanity devotes more land to food production than anything…

— Ramez Naam

Food is no longer sacred to us: in becoming too efficient we've changed its nature.

— Mehmet Oz

You see, the thing about us humans is we overcomplicate things. To eat, our food manufacturing processes work on a huge scale, clearing land,…

— Konnie Huq

If modern civilization man had to kill the animals he eats, the number of vegetarians would rise astronomically.

— Christian Morgenstern

People forget that eating represents their most profound engagement with the natural world. Through agriculture is how we change the world, more than anything…

— Michael Pollan

If we don't watch out, the pleasure o be gained from the discriminating enjoyment of food will be lost. It may not be long…

— Benoite Groult

Here are two facts that should not both be true: - There is sufficient food produced in the world every year to feed every…

— Michael Dorris

“The repetitive phases of cooking leave plenty of mental space for reflection, and as I chopped and minced and sliced I thought about the…

— Michael Pollan

Mankind, which has always been a part of nature, has reached a point where it is too much for nature to accommodate.

— Kobo Abe