Quotes About Food

I think that once I started connecting dots of where my food was coming from and the reality of that, as opposed to maybe what you think it is as a little kid, and the realities of how my food was getting to my plate and what the real effects of that are. When I started connecting those dots, I couldn't disconnect them.

Food or the lack thereof can, at times, be coping mechanisms for people. While this isn't the best approach to good health, it's a part of people's realities. And it is nothing to be ashamed of.

For China, the GCC countries have emerged as a major market for Chinese manufactured goods and food exports.

I actually don't bake too often, but I love eating baked goods!

I don't have a diet. Jenny Craig got a diet. Seriously. I eat to live, not to die.

Usually, I get a bowl from Chipotle with rice and veggies and some meat and gotta get some guac on there because that's the best part.

Food is important to me, but I wouldn't say that I'm a gourmet. I don't like tricksy food.

I always thought it was sad that you couldn't get anything really good to eat at concerts, so we sit down with our fans before every show and eat a gourmet meal that we made for them.

When I go down to the bodega and grab a BLT, I throw on my sweatpants and sweatshirt.

I love to shop at the farmer's market or grab something from the garden and roast that.

Frying is essentially a drying process. Batters and breadings are formulated to dry out in a particularly graceful way.

The idea that people are nutritionally deprived because they don't eat grain has no scientific basis.

My grandfather was a great chef.

I always think of my grandfather as the original foodie. He was the slowest eater. He savored everything. Even when everyone was gone from the table, he was still eating.

My grandmother used to make the most incredible chicken divan, and my mom has carried out that tradition. It's my comfort food. It's amazing how you can almost taste the memories with a dish like that! And the more leftovers, the better.

I used to eat under my grandmother's dining room table. I wouldn't eat at the table ever until I was about 10.

When I was growing up, my grandmother cooked every day. She is the best chef ever.

You should just feel comfortable with food and your own culinary culture, whatever your mother and grandmother know.

We take food for granted, but it isn't a luxury for many people.

The two things I always have to fight for are rest and food... I'm just grateful that I have the energy by the end of the day to do a performance.

How I show love has always been through food. That, for me, has been the foundation of how I express gratitude for anybody around me.

Today, the news is scandals; that is news, but the many children who don't have food - that's not news. This is grave. We can't rest easy while things are this way.

I make damn good biscuits and gravy. The key is maple sausage.

You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat - you have to graze all day long.