Tana Ramsay Quotes

I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's recipe for chicken and barley stew all the time.

My favorite comfort food would have be braised beef. You know, beef, slow-cooked in a Dutch oven or in a slow cooker until it falls apart with simple mushrooms, some onions and lots of fresh thyme and garlic.

I'm particularly fond of boned chicken breasts with a little garlic under the flesh and cooked in a casserole for 40 minutes with a jar of olives, some cherry tomatoes and a spoonful of olive oil.

Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy.

I think tripe is maligned. It's wonderful stuff, but everyone goes 'urgh.' You have to wash and then cook it, very gently braise it, for eight hours. It uplifts you but steadies you at the same time.

Dinner for me is usually some version of chicken or fish - I love salmon - with grilled vegetables and salad.

My favorite dish is brown rice with lentils, roasted red and yellow peppers, and fennel, with a sweet potato and a salad on the side.

The smells of slow cooking spread around the house and impart a unique warmth matched only by the flavour of the food.

I make a lot of soups and stews at home, and I always have fresh bread with it.

My wife makes an amazing chili.

I'm a big fan of Jamie Oliver, and I've got all of his books. His recipe for peas with white wine and bacon is one of my favourites.

I want to focus on my salad.

Confit is the ultimate comfort food, and trendy or not, it is dazzling stuff.

I always say, 'Eat clean to stay fit; have a burger to stay sane.'

My maternal grandmother made fantastic ox tongue with velvety roasted potatoes. She cooked sweet red cabbage and lovely cauliflower with butter and bread crumbs.

I love to roast vegetables - carrots, fennel, and so on. I also love to mash or puree pretty much any vegetable!

Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.

The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken.

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

I like health-conscious cooking, but growing up in the South, I do love southern cooking; southern France, southern Italy, southern Spain. I love southern cooking.

Whenever I feel like having some sort of comfort food, I'll have some of it but won't have tons of it.

I didn't want to write a cheffy cookbook with dehydrated ham chips.

When I'm hungry, I need to eat right away.

I wholly promote the omelette as a meal whatever the occasion, especially your last one.

I don't eat steak often, maybe once a month. But when I do, it really hits the spot. When you're done with your steak and your mashed potatoes and your green beans, you really know you've had dinner.