I will never use a substitute for butter
“I will never use a substitute for butter. Margarine is one molecule away from eating plastic. If I’m going to eat that type of food, it’s going to be the real deal.”
Quotes
This is a collection of quotes about food by people familiar to the culinary world and not.
When we go to the store we bring home more than food
“When we go to the store, we bring home more than food – we bring home traces of broader environmental problems. But we can use our shopping carts and dinner plates to help solve some of those problems.”
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The workers who harvest our food have been
“The workers who harvest our food have been systematically denied the basic rights that are granted to all other American workers. They can be fired for trying to form a union or for attempting to improve their working conditions. They are not eligible for overtime pay, disability, or even unemployment insurance.”
Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness
“Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home and eating it.”
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Go to the grocery store and buy better things
“Go to the grocery store and buy better things. Buy quality, buy organic, buy natural, go to the farmers market. Immediately that’s going to increase the quality of the food you make.”
Meals make the society hold the fabric together in
“Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The perfect meal, or the best meals, occur in a context that frequently has very little to do with the food itself.”
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First and foremost the monk should own nothing in
“First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.”
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I’ve realized that I’m more important than food is
“I’ve realized that I’m more important than food is. I love a big slice of pizza, but I love myself more. Being thin is about changing the way you think about yourself. It’s about saying that you deserve to be healthy.”
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Very good cooks who are employed as chefs’ rarely
“Very good cooks who are employed as ‘chefs’ rarely refer to themselves as ‘chefs’. They refer to themselves as ‘cooks.’ “
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