Food Quotes
“Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother's, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.”
“When I'm writing, my neural pathways get blocked. I can't read. I can barely hold a conversation without forgetting words and names. I wish I could wear the same clothes and eat the same food each day.”
-- Kate Atkinson
“Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car.”
-- Jonathan Safran Foer
“Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and it's just as fast.”
-- Mario Batali
“I don't really believe in diets. I love food... If I deprive myself, I'm going to want it more. I snack on yogurt, raw cashews and cherry tomatoes.”
-- Nicole Scherzinger
“Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps.”
-- Patricia Ireland
“My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am.”
-- Michael Stipe
“Working at the Food Bank with my kids is an eye-opener. The face of hunger isn't the bum on the street drinking Sterno it's the working poor. They don't look any different, they don't behave any differently, they're not really any less educated. They are incredibly less privileged, and that's it.”
-- Mario Batali