Food Quote by Isabella Bird

“ample supply of water. In the Philippines, rice planting is a celebration. The soil is first prepared by the farmer and his carabao (KAH-RAH-BOW),…

— N.T. Alcuaz

“Look at the way the rice is shining... it looks like jewels. Each grain of rice retains its original shape... and they're all the…

— Tetsu Kariya

Rice is the best, the most nutritive and unquestionably the most widespread staple in the world.

— Auguste Escoffier

I love cooking Japanese food at home. It's so easy to make an easy fry, a saute, or a quick braise and serve it…

— Andrew Zimmern

To us in Asia, rice is such a staple, we take it for granted. I didn't even think about how I made it until…

— Nigel Ng

Growing up at my grandmother's table, she always had rice. She might do something as exotic as potatoes or spaghetti, but there was still…

— Maya Angelou

I now understand how varied the world of cultivated rice is; that rice can play the lead or be a sidekick; that brown rice…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

In terms of the culture, you can't beat Japan. It's my favourite country. It's one of those places you never want to leave. I…

— Alesha Dixon

Many people sow rice in their fields and expect to harvest maize.

— Vikrant Parsai

Japanese food is very pretty and undoubtedly a suitable cuisine in Japan, which is largely populated by people of below average size. Hostesses hell-bent…

— Fran Lebowitz

“It is difficult to overstate the importance of rice in North Korean culture. It signifies wealth, evokes the closeness of family and sanctifies a…

— Blaine Harden

Japan became an imperialist country in many ways, but that was much later, after it had already made big progress. I don’t think Japan’s…

— Amartya Sen