Anything is good if it’s made of chocolate
“Anything is good if it’s made of chocolate.”
Quotes
This is a collection of quotes about food by people familiar to the culinary world and not.
It’s not just a matter of poor willpower on the part
“It’s not just a matter of poor willpower on the part of the consumer and a give-the-people-what-they-want attitude on the part of the food manufacturers. What I found, over four years of research and reporting, was a conscious effort… to get people hooked on foods that are convenient and inexpensive.”
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The way I see it love is an amusement park and
“The way I see it, love is an amusement park, and food its souvenir.”
I really love doing simple things
“I really love doing simple things. I’m surrounded by people all the time at work, so I want to have a normal life when I’m off duty: motherhood, food, and love!”
Of course I made many boo-boos
“Of course I made many boo-boos. At first this broke my heart, but then I came to understand that learning how to fix one’s mistakes, or live with them, was an important part of becoming a cook.”
What the mass media offers is not popular art but
“What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.”
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I think careful cooking is love don’t you? The
“I think careful cooking is love, don’t you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who’s close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give.”
I like to talk about food ingredients and how
“I like to talk about food, ingredients, and how to adapt recipes. It’s a dialogue.”
A lot of my struggles with nutrition date back to
“A lot of my struggles with nutrition date back to my swimming days. I was a super-skinny young girl who would go through hours of intense training. Afterward, I’d be famished, but I had a two-hour trip home before dinner. When I did my hardest workouts, I often ate less; I was too tired to
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