Food Quote by Ron Hansen

“The smells arose from everything, everywhere, flowing together and remaining as a sickening, tantalizing discomfort. They flowed from the delicatessen shop with its uncovered…

— E.R. Braithwaite

The smells of slow cooking spread around the house and impart a unique warmth matched only by the flavour of the food.

— Yotam Ottolenghi

“We parked in back and walked down the stairs with their polished brass railings, past the old-fashioned kitchen. We could see the chefs cooking.…

— Janet Fitch

What smells good in the store may stink in the stewpot.

— Jim Thompson

Smell brings to mind... a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly…

— Diane Ackerman

What could smell better than supper being cooked by someone else?

— Sue Grafton

“This is not an apartment in which fresh vegetables are consumed. It smells like a dead spice rack.”

— Douglas Coupland

“It already smells good," he said, pointing toward the stove. "It smells... quiet." He looked at her. "Quiet? Could something smell quiet" She was…

— Robert James Waller

The smell of manure, of sun on foliage, of evaporating water, rose to my head; two steps farther, and I could look down into…

— Doris Lessing

I want my room to smell just like this." Iggy inhaled deeply as the scents flame-broiled burgers and hot french fries wafted around us.…

— James Patterson

“There was no woodsy fragrance blowing through my room, and the snail, especially while it lived in the pot of violets, must have been…

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

I love to cook. In fact, at this exact moment, I am trying something new: I am cooking a whole chicken in my crockpot,…

— Nancy Grace