Edna Ferber Quotes

I think you can tell the food is close to my heart, too, because I'm doing what I do best.

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.

Let's face it: my life tends to revolve around food, and I love feeding people.

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.

I enjoy domestic life. Cooking gives me great pleasure, especially if I can chop vegetables slowly and think about what I'm doing and dream a little about this and that.

Jamie Oliver's books are the best. I love Jamie. Bless him!

At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind.

Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.

I cannot starve myself. I'm a foodie! I make fabulous pastas, Indian food, parathas and club sandwiches!

Almost every culture has its own variation on chicken soup, and rightly so - it's one of the most gratifying dishes on the face of the Earth.

I prefer eating to cooking.

Gravy is the simplest, tastiest, most memory-laden dish I know how to make: a little flour, salt and pepper, crispy bits of whatever meat anchored the meal, a couple of cups of water or milk and slow stirring to break up lumps.

Food for us comes from our relatives, whether they have wings or fins or roots. That is how we consider food. Food has a culture. It has a history. It has a story. It has relationships.

I'd say, for me, it's cooking that gives me a space beyond music. I love food. And somehow, music and food go together so well. Cooking is very therapeutic. That preparation, the fragrance of spices, the wafting aromas - it just sweeps aside my depression, tiredness and name what you may.

In Italy, food is an expression of love. It is how you show those around you that you care for them. Having a love for food means you also have a love for those you are preparing it for and for yourself.

Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for.

I definitely live to eat. I love food in every way imaginable, and it does not have to be fancy. Whether we stay in or go out, I like a hardy meal. My grandmother taught me how to cook, and it was all about no fuss and lots of it.

The kitchen is a sacred space.

I love to cook and feed people. I cook every day.

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.

I don't like nouvelle cuisine, too small bits. I like to have a nice wine, nice pasta, tomatoes.

My grandfather gave me inspiration to cook, and love food and flavors. My Aunt Raffie, gave me creativity and the inspiration to create new things. My mother inspires me to find simplicity in food.

The way to anybody's heart is through a thoughtfully-prepared, beautifully-executed, lovingly-presented meal.

I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression.