Direction Quote by Steven Rinella

Eating is an agricultural act. Eating ends the annual drama of the food economy that begins with planting and birth. Most eaters, however, are…

— Wendell Berry

Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary for people of every background.…

— Dana Goodyear

Food is very representative of a city's culture. In order to really get to know a place and the people, you've got to eat…

— Emeril Lagasse

Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

... the way we eat represents our most profound engagement with the natural world. Daily, our eating turns nature into culture, transforming the body…

— Michael Pollan

What people do with food is an act that reveals how they construe the world.

— Marcella Hazan

The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's happened in our culture. Fast food has become the…

— Michelle Obama

I think for diners, it is about crafting an identity around food which we have not really had in a mainstream way in this…

— Dana Goodyear

I am fascinated by how people eat and what it reveals about them.

— Joanne Harris

Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.

— Ronald Wright

I think as individuals, people overrate the virtues of local food. Most of the energy consumption in our food system is not caused by…

— Tyler Cowen

“One never thinks, “Oh, I’d better look for some food.” Food is everywhere, and one picks it up almost absent-mindedly, as one takes a…

— Daniel Quinn