A gourmet meal without a glass of wine just seems tragic to me somehow.
There is poetry in a pork chop to a hungry man.
Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures.
An epicure is one who gets nothing better than the cream of everything but cheerfully makes the best of it.
It has long been acknowledged that the single best restaurant in the world is Arthur Bryant's Barbecue at Eighteenth and Booklyn in Kansas city.
I have eaten very well in Los Angeles. Marvelously!
I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
The best meal at my restaurant is the whole right side of the menu.
Eataly is the greatest - it's like food galore there. They have all of these little stations, like a pasta area and a pizza area. And they have the best gelato.
Great wine is always enhanced by great food.
will there ever be a drama more beautiful than that of eating?
Chez Panisse is a sensory temple - you might have to be made of stone not to fall for it.
I want e by Jose Andres to be a discovery, to be a journey. I want people to find it and be astonished.
