Advent Quote by John Oliver

Americans don't have deep gastronomic roots. They wanted to get away from the cultures of Europe or wherever they came from. We stirred up…

— Alice Waters

I think America and Britain have a different culture from France. They discovered marketing and consumerism before France.

— Pierre Dukan

France and Britain have large culinary differences, but one thing they do share is a relatively low tolerance for modernist cooking.

— John Lanchester

Whoever would have guessed that in the land of cheap sausages and mashed potatoes there could be such a change which would actually bring…

— Robin Leach

Gastronomers of the year 1825, who find sateity in the lap of abundance, and dream of some newly-made dishes, you will not enjoy the…

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Did not manage to convince the French people that we were going in the right direction.

— Alain Juppe

In the 20th century, the French managed to get a death on the myth that they produce the world's best food. The hype has…

— Clarissa Dickson Wright

England understands good Chinese, Japanese and Indian cuisine; in France, we just get French.

— Eva Green

The reason why all of us naturally began to live in France is because France has scientific methods, machines and electricity, but does not…

— Gertrude Stein

It took us a long time to get rid of the effects of the French Revolution 200 years ago. We don't want another one.

— Margaret Thatcher

No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food.

— Peter Mayle

There's a perception that British pies suffer from mediocrity, and historically they have. We're trying to re-educate people about what pie is.

— James Robertson