Quote by James Beard

I’ve long said that if I were about to be executed and were given a choice of my last meal, it would be bacon…

— James Beard

I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find.

— James Beard

Good bread and good butter go together. They are one of the perfect marriages in gastronomy, and they never fail to cheer me.

— James Beard

Nothing is quite as intoxicating as the smell of bacon frying in the morning, save perhaps the smell of coffee brewing.

— James Beard

Grilling, broiling, barbecuing - whatever you want to call it - is an art, not just a matter of building a pyre and throwing…

— James Beard

There is absolutely no substitute for the best. Good food cannot be made of inferior ingredients masked with high flavor. It is true thrift…

— James Beard

What comforted me? That is easy. It was a strong cold chicken jelly so very, very thick. My mother's Chinese cook would fix it.…

— James Beard

No vegetable exists which is not better slightly undercooked.

— James Beard

I have had, in my time, memorable meals of scrambled eggs with fresh truffles, scrambled eggs with caviar and other glamorous things, but to…

— James Beard

In a house without a genuine kitchen, one of the delights of growing up is lost.

— James Beard

The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it.

— James Beard

I am so happy to see more and more people in this country are becoming addicted to cheese.

— James Beard