Food Quotes
“My mom, who's been in the restaurant business for 40 years, is the number-one influence in my life. But I look up to a lot of people in the industry. Tops on my list is Mario Batali. My mom and Mario taught me the same lesson: Food is love.”
“Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it.”
-- Rene Redzepi
“Those other 10 o'clock shows that come on, all you get from them is headaches and nightmares when you go to bed! At least we give you food, know what I mean?”
-- Emeril Lagasse
“A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way.”
-- Alex Kapranos
“My Food Network shows, 'Emeril Live' and 'Essence of Emeril,' are not in production right now, but I wouldn't say that I'm necessarily leaving Food Network. I have a lot of television still in me. I enjoy teaching people, so it's just a matter of time before I do something new.”
-- Emeril Lagasse
“Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.”
-- Paul Prudhomme