Food Quotes

“Somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the food you eat has been touched by immigrant hands, and it is fair to say some of them are not here as they should be here. But if you didn't have these folks, you would be spending a lot more - three, four or five times more - for food, or we would have to import food and have all the food security risks.”

-- Tom Vilsack

“Bahrainis are better off than many other Arabs. We have a welfare state, everybody gets a salary whether they have a job or not. Electricity and food are subsidized school and healthcare are free. And we don't differentiate between Bahrainis and foreigners. We are very proud of that.”

-- Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

“What I don't like is breakfast in the morning. I have a double-espresso cappuccino, but no food.”

-- Wolfgang Puck

“Food tells you everything about the way people live and who they are.”

-- Martin Scorsese

“People will travel anywhere for good food - it's crazy.”

-- Rene Redzepi

“There's nothing like a home-cooked meal - nothing! When people ask me what the best restaurant in L.A. is, I say, 'Uh, my house.' It's more intimate. Food can connect people in a forever sort of way.”

-- Giada De Laurentiis

“Love food and I love to eat.”

-- Salma Hayek

“Finishing food is about the tiny touches. In the last seconds you can change everything.”

-- Mario Batali

“Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - a house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.”

-- Margaret Fuller

“Just because the Americans are so good at rattling out accessible and cheap junk food, nobody looks twice when it comes to their food. But there are golden nuggets everywhere.”

-- Jamie Oliver