Quotes About Regional cuisine

Well, I wasn't a big Chick-fil-A fan, I guess, I never really knew about them because I'm from Philly and they don't have them there.

I'm from Maine. I eat apple pie for breakfast.

Even though I live in and love Chicago, I can't stand deep-dish pizza. I'm a New York-style pizza person.

I'm a California girl, right? I grew up with that farm-to-table dining before it was sweeping the nation.

A biscuit in the States is something you would put gravy on with dinner, and it's not sweet in the least!

I'm still very much a Northerner. I try to have chips and gravy twice a week.

I'm Southern, so alligator tail is pretty interesting and yummy.

Wherever I go, as long as I get a hot vegetable dish, I am okay. If I am in Gujarat, I have Gujarati food. If it's Shillong, it's northeastern.

I can make dressing - or stuffing. Y'all call it stuffing up here, we call it dressing down there. It's really good dressing. That family recipe was passed on, and I love to make that.

My favorite food in the world is hard shell crabs from Maryland.

The best part of Onam is the food. For breakfast, we have ila ada and boiled bananas with banana chips, it's a brilliant combination.

Ramen in L.A. is much better than ramen in San Francisco. That's just a fact.

North of England, you're brought up on fish and chips. Friday or Saturdays every week, it was a treat.

Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the U.S. to Europe's wines or cheeses; drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.

People who are visiting Long Island find it's very beautiful, and they are quick to try Long Island foods, wines and other products.

I'm a Buffalo wing magnet, a sandwich fanatic, a cheesesteak guy. But I'll only get a cheesesteak in Philadelphia. No one else does it right.

Once, while shooting in Pune, I decided to experiment and ordered an item named Shepherd's Pie. I thoroughly relished it, only to be later informed that what I had was beef. I couldn't sleep that night! My only consolation was that the cow was English, not Indian!

There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.

The food and culture of any place go hand in hand.

I live locally, I eat regionally but I think internationally.

People who grow up in a region doubtless have a better cultural awareness of their own cuisine, but it's also true that a lot of locals go to McDonald's, Applebee's and the like.

I can make dressing - or stuffing. Y'all call it stuffing up here, we call it dressing down there. It's really good dressing. That family recipe was passed on, and I love to make that.

What I like about Calcutta is the food. I like simple Bengali food like dal, shukto, fish, and mutton.

It's nice coming to Nashville, and we have four-bedroom house and a dog, and we go swimming a lot. We get down here and spread out a lot, and I miss my sweet tea and my cornbread and my good southern cooking - but I'm down here eating pretty for two weeks and I'm ready to go back to New York City.