Food Quotes
“When I was younger I was fat. I was never conscious of it and was content with who I was because I was so loved. My mother never told me to lose weight and my father doted on me, but my agent told me. I tried, but I loved Indian food too much.”
“Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.”
-- Mark Twain
“Cookbooks have all become baroque and very predictable. I'm looking for something different. A lot of chefs' cookbooks are food as it's done in the restaurants, but they are dumbed down, and I hate it when they dumb them down.”
-- Mario Batali
“I was raised by a lady that was crippled all her life but she did everything for me and she raised me. She washed our clothes, cooked our food, she did everything for us. I don't think I ever heard her complain a day in her life. She taught me responsibility towards my brother and sisters and the community.”
-- Ernest Gaines
“Older people shouldn't eat health food, they need all the preservatives they can get.”
-- Robert Orben