Artisanal Foods Quotes

Wherever possible, I like to use home-grown or locally produced ingredients.

There's no doubt about it: people want local, real food.

I grew up in Italy, and our country is a country of great agriculture and food produce. It wasn't like I was urban and only knew about high-heeled shoes and purses and never knew where my eggs came from.

I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.

My cooking style is really simple. Not a lot of ingredients, but all good quality, so you don't have to do that much to them.

You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.

Eating local is a relatively new concept in American dining; for the Italians, it's a way of life.

At Babbo, each dish grew out of a conversation, trying to put something forth that was new and different. It was a combination of culinary adventurism and the dining-room experience with respect for the classic but with an eye toward innovation. And it was about eating locally, whether produce or fish or meat.

Buying food from farmers and people that I know adds that human element that I love.

At ABC Cocina and Kitchen, 90 percent of our produce and vegetables come from Union Square, and that's all from upstate New York farmers. We are simply committed to this idea of local, organic food.