Blokes Quote by Zadie Smith

“Where you come from it is customary to boil vegetables until they fall apart. This does mean,' said Samad tersely, 'that it is a…

— Zadie Smith

Even today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for at least a month and a half, just in…

— Calvin Trillin

I come from a long line of women that cook. I love it, I grew up with it.

— Dorit Kemsley

We always had our own vegetables growing up and now I'm doing it with my kids at our house in the country.

— Stella McCartney

“Cooking gives you the opportunity to meet the things you eat. You can touch each carrot or olive and get to know its smell…

— Gary Thorp

Growing up, I was aware of the kids-don't-like-vegetables trope, but it didn't make much sense to me. I never had any choice; all the…

— Samin Nosrat

If you live in the South, you are often a very short distance from a garden, or even a farm owned by your family…

— Marcie Cohen Ferris

I come from the countryside. I come from a bunch of horticulture family members. My best friend was a farmer's boy.

— Luke Evans

I come from a family of farmers.

— Stephanie Grisham

My mom and dad both would grow vegetables. So, when I delivered my baby, we went there, and she would cook a lot, and…

— Doutzen Kroes

I come from Kansas; we're steak-and-potato boys. I grew up on meat.

— Gary Woodland

Vegetables are something God invented to let women get even with their children.

— P. J. O'Rourke