Quotes About Food

I'm a humanist. I always believed, even with Cirque du Soliel, that this is my way to contribute to a better world. I believe I'm very privileged, but many people face the reality when they wake up in the morning of not having food or a glass of water. Life's been good to me, and I believe you have to feed the circle of life.

I'm not afraid to eat breakfast at three in the morning. As a kid, I used to go to bed at 8 P.M., wake up at 1 A.M. when my grandma would cook me breakfast, and then I'd pass out again.

There's nothing better on Christmas morning than waking up to the smell of breakfast!

I find all food irresistible. I have friends who live in the mountains in France. One of them sells vegetables, and to walk through her garden when everything is bursting out - it's impossible not to eat something.

I used to walk to Altman's on Saturdays for lunch at the Charleston Garden, which had a coconut cake that is still my favorite food in the world.

I consider a good dinner party at our house to be where people drink and eat more than they're meant to. My husband is a really fantastic cook. His mother is Italian and if you walk into our house, we assume you're starving.

I went a nutritionist... I walk into his office he goes, 'Well, the good news is, you can have all the salad you want.' I don't want any salad! He wanted me to eat salad. As a food!

I walked out of the Chinese restaurant with a fat check, a record deal, and a box of shrimp egg foo yung!

There was a lightbulb moment as soon as I walked in the kitchen and started working. I love the physical action. I love the whole idea of feeding people and bringing people together over food. I love the craft involved.

As a diabetic, I'm a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times.

In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits, beautiful white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold.

I am a Bengali, I like my rice.

I was in Berkeley when the food energy in America was in Berkeley. Then it moved to Los Angeles, and I went to Los Angeles. It moved to New York, and I went there.

I always turn to Wendell Berry for inspiration on food, community, agriculture, and, well, just being a human.

For me, going to markets is the best way to understand the soul of a place.

I think we have cultural bias and practice some ethnocentrism when it comes to ethnic food in America.

I don't like to lay down on my food - it's not good for you. I like to take a walk, then meditate and read the Bible.

I've always been a big fan of ribs.

Meatloaf was a pretty big part of our family, and the meatloaf sandwiches were even more.

My biggest influence is my city. There's so much there. We have our own lingo, food, music and culture.

Eating wantan mee in Malaysia is my earliest memory. The street sellers there have a whole cooking set-up on the front of their bikes.

I eat everything under the sun and manage to do so as I control the amounts I eat, but I avoid binge eating.

I can remember the three restaurant experiences of my childhood. All I wanted to do on my birthday was to go to the Automat in New York... but I don't know if you consider that a real restaurant.

I don't really eat biscuits.