Food Appreciation Quotes

Turn the preparing of food into a communal affair by enlisting others to help with the chopping, grating, stirring, simmering, tasting and seasoning. When the cooking is finished, eat together round the table with the electronic gadgets switched off so you can savor the food and let the conversation flow.

Being a cook, there's always pressure - not for your ego but for people to love your food.

When I was younger, my dad would cook, and I would never really have it, unless it was something like spaghetti. I would only like what my mom made - macaroni and cheese or something like that. But after I reached a certain age, I think it was 11, I realized I liked his cooking.

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

We (the Chinese) eat food for its texture, the elastic or crisp effect it has on our teeth, as well as for fragrance, flavor and color.

My learning from my travels is that taste is objective. If a thing is tasty, it's universally tasty. Or, just not.

Eating is one of the most important aspects of living. I like indulging. I like to eat one food at a time, to savor each individual thing.

I think in France, for example, we can say whatever we want about the French, but going out and dining is more about the intellectual moment to share with the people you dine with than trying to figure out what the chef did with that little piece of salmon or lobster and all that.

England understands good Chinese, Japanese and Indian cuisine; in France, we just get French.

I have always loved food, and for me, even if I was on a beach, I would be cooking food every day.

However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about.

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.

I'm from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food. And I'm thankful for that.

Given my travels, I've learned to be more open and feel much more comfortable experimenting with food.

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

I spent a college semester in a small town in Italy - and that is where I truly tasted food for the first time.

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.

You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too.

Like anything, you don't force kids to cook. It just becomes part of life - have them be around it, keep them informed - talk about it. I try to relay my passion for it in these ways. The second you try to force anything on your own kid, they rebel.

From quite an early age I realised the effect that good food can have on others.

I don't cook. I respect food too much.

Sometimes it's good to remember how bad food can be, so you can enjoy the concept of flavour to the fullest.

I am not a chef. I am not even a trained or professional cook. My qualification is as an eater.

Food has always been a passion for me from a very young age.

Radishes grow just about anywhere. People think, 'Oh it's just a radish.' But radishes are delicious, and people don't think of cooking them.