Oh my God that was a religious experience
“Oh my God, that was a religious experience. In the words of Homer Simpson, the pig is a magical animal.”
Quotes
This is a collection of quotes about food by people familiar to the culinary world and not.
There are people who strictly deprive themselves of
“There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has
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When I say ‘Everybody to the table and eat’ I
“When I say, ‘Everybody to the table and eat,’ I mean it. That is the glue, the center that holds the family, that gives security. Good food brings everybody to the table.”
Wine and cheese are ageless companions like aspirin
“Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures.”
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Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale
“Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.”
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When I tour it’s like well like a food tour as
“When I tour, it’s like, well, like a food tour as much as a comedy tour. I try to eat at all the weird places, the obscure barbecue joints, burger places. There are a few spots in L.A. that I’m obsessed with – one of them is the Taco Zone taco truck on Alvarado. There
Language is like songs like food like dance it is
“Language is like songs, like food, like dance; it is the expression of what we think.”
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A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach
“A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.”
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The biggest and most deadly ‘tax’ rate on the poor
“The biggest and most deadly ‘tax’ rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits – food stamps, housing subsidies and the like – if their income goes up.”
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