Michelle Obama Quotes

I do think there's some value to really throwing yourself into food and embracing where it comes from.

The British have such an odd relationship with food - and the land. I want the public and the Soil Association to see that growing things in a garden is no different to growing things in a field.

I love to sit and eat quietly and enjoy each bite, aware of the presence of my community, aware of all the hard and loving work that has gone into my food.

Never be a food snob. Learn from everyone you meet - the fish guy at your market, the lady at the local diner, farmers, cheese makers. Ask questions, try everything and eat up!

There's a lot of American kids think their food comes from the grocery store and the concept of seasonality has no meaning to them whatsoever.

We have to bring children into a new relationship to food that connects them to culture and agriculture.

I think it's important for children to know where their food comes from and how much work it takes to produce the items we eat in our home.

Change the food in the schools and we can influence how children think. Change the curriculum and teach them how to garden and how to cook and we can show that growing food and cooking and eating together give lasting richness, meaning, and beauty to our lives.

A significant part of the pleasure of eating is in one’s accurate consciousness of the lives and the world from which food comes.

I've had the privilege of having a lot of amazing people cook for me.

Growing things and being able to live off the land has always appealed to me.

The older I get, the more interested in good meals I am.

I like Bobby Flay's attitude and his approach towards food. I think he's just passionate and very honest. I find him very honest about food and cooking and ingredients and I admire that because I think that it's easy to get away from that for various reasons.

Everybody has their role in the food world and what they choose to appreciate. I'm not a fine dining chef. I appreciate it. I think Thomas Keller is amazing. But I really like where I'm at; I like what I do. I like how it makes people feel.

The podcast most likely to encourage you to fully appreciate your food is the episode of BBC World Service's 'The Food Chain' in which Antonio Carluccio talks to Emily Thomas about his life in five dishes.

Some foods you may say, 'Oh wow, this is not food.' People actually eat that somewhere. I just want people to really understand that and really appreciate it.

Thank you to our farmers for all you do to keep food on our tables.

Most farmers know that their children's future will probably not be in agriculture, but they have a hard time imagining a different life.

Apparently, in the olden days, nawabs would get bored with their cooks very quickly and throw them out. All of them set up shop in a place called Bawarchi Tola. That's how royal food came to the streets. I started hanging around there. That's when I realised food is a lot more than just cooking on Sundays.

I have a lot of different passions. Food has been a constant through my whole life; it's something I've always had a very intrinsic passion toward and for, and I continue to learn about it, and I'm not going to let any type of negative comments dissuade me from wanting to pursue that, because I love it.

We want our communities to know what real food is.

I come from the family of farmers. I am a son of a farmer.

We undervalue food in this country, yet Britain has beautiful food and beautiful growing conditions. It is astonishing the range we can grow.

I've always had a strong interest in how food is produced and in knowing where it comes from.

I love to eat. I'm a foodie, and when I'm on vacation, I want to be a foodie with their culture, with their foods.