Quotes About Food

When I say, 'Everybody to the table and eat,' I mean it. That is the glue, the center that holds the family, that gives security. Good food brings everybody to the table.

There are three things that people pick up on the instant they walk into your home on Thanksgiving. They will be able to feel the human energy. They'll smell the food. And they will see, instantly, the table.

It's around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world.

Every day, families in the United States face the stark choice between a roof over their heads and food on the table. Buying health insurance, owning a home, and saving up for college are just too far out of their reach.

I can't cook, but I have a nice book of menus... and I can plate and set the table.

I was at lunch with some friends one day, and we looked down at our table - blond pasta, blond pizza - and then someone joked, 'Blonde salad,' and it stuck.

Real democracy is food on the table, the ability to plan your life, the ability to walk on the street without getting mugged.

As a child growing up, it's going to be what you're going to remember most. What you liked or not liked then is going to define who you are at the table!

It's important for me who is at the table with me; the moment when everyone speaks to each other and everyone listens. If there's good food, it's much better.

I think health is the outcome of finding a balance and some satisfaction at the table.

Farm to table is a personal choice.

I live in a world where I want everyone to be able to put beurre blanc on the table for dinner.

The thought of eating rabbit and squirrels doesn't appeal to me. And that was on our table quite often as a kid. In your uppity restaurants, they serve a lot of rabbit. But I just can't help but think of Peter. And deer, I can't go there, because of Bambi.

I love to cook. I love to cook for myself and my husband and big groups. I find it very relaxing, and I love socializing around a dinner table.

Daddy had a farm - cows, pigs, OK, a big garden, OK? We did live off the land, and then we would supplement all that with whatever we could kill or catch. Whether we'd kill squirrels, deer, duck, or caught catfish or brim, that was what went on the table.

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.

In the amount of time it takes to microwave a TV dinner, you can put something much tastier on the table, I promise.

I used to hang out by the food table at parties because you don't have to talk to anybody. If you do then you can talk about the food.

For the most part this is a place to find down-to-earth advice on everyday cooking, eating, food shopping, cooking equipment, and nice things to put on your table.

I like to eat. Definitely. I love sitting around a table with my friends. But I don't know how to cook anything.

The slaves had food stamps, too. It was called 'scraps from Massa's table.'

I have but one rule at my table. You may leave your cabbage, but you'll sit still and behave until I've eaten mine.

The focus of Congress is on keeping the nation secure - and it doesn't see that food security is an essential part of that responsibility. Instead of putting more food on the tables of America, they are busy finding ways to take it away.

I'm gonna open a small restaurant on the beach in Mexico. We're only gonna have a few tables, and we're only gonna cook what's fresh that day. We're gonna get back to the basics... Real food for real people.