Culinary Pleasure Quotes

Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.

It's been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable.

I think cooking should be an experience, not a chore.

Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.

It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke.

I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.

I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table.

When I used to do the Edinburgh Festival, there was a bunch of guys selling fresh oysters and I'd eat ten daily - marvellous.

In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal.

Food should flirt with the palette. If the food doesn't flirt with your palette, then it's not fun enough.

I enjoy wine collecting and great food.

I think the kazoo and chocolate-chip cookies have a lot in common. All you need is a mouth to appreciate either one.

Because of media hype and woefully inadequate information, too many people nowadays are deathly afraid of their food, and what does fear of food do to the digestive system? ... I, for one, would much rather swoon over a few thin slices of prime beefsteak, or one small serving of chocolate mousse, or a sliver of foie gras than indulge to the full on such nonentities as fat-free gelatin puddings.

Is it a good hot dog? That’s all I want to know … I don’t think the personal health and purity of my colon is that important compared to pleasure. As a chef, I’m not your dietitian or your ethicist. I’m in the pleasure business …. My responsibility is to give you the most delicious tomato that I can afford, given the circumstances, and maybe increase the likelihood that you get laid after dinner.

To claim that wines should not be changed is a heresy; the palate becomes saturated and after the third glass the best of wines arouses nothing but an obscure sensation.

I ask you, what is the use of having your "cake" if you can't eat it? What exactly are you supposed to do with it? Put it on your mantel and look at it? Cake is meant to be eaten and enjoyed.

Do you know what gives a woman most pleasure within marriage? 'Sex'? ..No, making food. Watching her man eat

Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.

One restaurant I visit without fail, whenever I'm in the Bay Area, is the Boulevard at 1 Mission Street, a few strides from the waterfront. It has excellent food and wine very much in the modern California style, but I go there less for any one dish than for the pleasure of dining with the restaurant's chefs.

As a chef I’m not your dietitian or your ethicist, I’m in the pleasure business.

After 10 years of eating vegetarian, I tried my boyfriend's. I was overwhelmed. It was orgasmic.

I'm at an age where I think more about food than I do about sex. Last week I put a mirror over my dining room table.

If I'm a lush at anything, it's food and drink. I'm not materialistic in any way, but I value food.

A food's value is based on how good it tastes.

I could talk food all day. I love good food.