Chef Quote by Marcela Valladolid

I take a cooking class everywhere I travel. I find it's the best way to get to know a culture.

— Blake Lively

I used to have a monthly cookery column, and am a big cook, so that whole sense of connecting what one does with food…

— Simon Schama

When we travel for research our strategy is to simply move from kitchen to kitchen. It's truly a wonderful way to travel - food…

— Jon Rubin

One of the things that helped me a lot as I was starting out in my career was that I got myself to France…

— Rick Tramonto

“There is no chef without a homeland. To be a chef today is to center yourself in the traditions of your roots and use…

— Michael W. Twitty

I love to eat. I'm a foodie, and when I'm on vacation, I want to be a foodie with their culture, with their foods.

— Tony Rock

For any country that has multiple cultures, food is an awesome way for people to acknowledge and respect each other and have an open…

— Jock Zonfrillo

I love educating myself on different cultures' dishes and foods that are important and celebrated within that culture. I also think food brings people…

— Lana Condor

As a chef, I love to travel and taste different cuisine styles and different flavours.

— Jock Zonfrillo

“Today's American food culture is a contested landscape in search of values, new direction, and its own indigenous sense of rightness and self-worth. It's…

— Michael W. Twitty

My dad was in the Navy, so we moved around a lot. That led to me seeing myriad cultures and cuisines. I have been…

— Graham Elliot

Food is a lens for culture.

— Dana Goodyear