Quotes About Food

The elephant needs a thousand times more food than the ant but that is not an indication of inequality.

Food binds us to our roots as strongly as any song or poem. Many of us have learned more about our ancestors in the kitchen than we ever will from a book.

I don't feel the need for unusual or glamorous foods like caviar, and I tend more towards ordinary, satisfying food.

New York is fast paced, with enthusiastic fans and lots of media attention. Houston's slower paced, and there's more of a southern culture to the city. But both cities have unbelievable food.

I basically eat a lot of proteins, and I've been eating smaller portions of food. I try to eat all locally raised and organic produce.

What India needs most is a unified food law.

For all the concern about bodies and weight, 'Baywatch' has three huge catering trucks on the set at all times. One for entrees, one appetizers and one for junk food.

Great sorrow or great joy should bring intense hunger--not abstinence from food, as our novelists will have it.

I also believe that it's the right thing to do, to maintain strong consumer confidence in our food systems. And I believe that the consumer should have strong confidence in our food systems.

Animal substance seems to be the first food of all birds, even the granivorous tribes.

But don't blame me for the food. My wife knows a hundred and one ways to incinerate a cow, and as far as I can tell she's still experimenting.

I probably grow half my food. It's a good way to keep perspective.

Hunger finds no fault with the cookery.

Just ask the local people for the best food. Don't rely on a guidebook.

If it's not edible, it's not food. If it's not wearable, it's not fashion.

Pigs eat grass if they are very hungry, but they can't use it as a regular source of food.

Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais, who used food wonderfully as a metaphor for sensuality.

When you have a Jewish mother who has a very strong Jewish family, it's very ethnic in its practices. Eating brisket, the food and the family and the interconnectedness for better or worse.

What makes cookbooks interesting is to find out about the people and the culture that invented the food.

As long as the food is well prepared and not overdone, I think it tastes good. It doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Japanese, anything.

I like visiting peoples homes on Saint Josephs Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the public - I enjoy that much more than Mardi Gras.

Thy food is such As hath been belch'd on by infected lungs.

The system of seeds based on monoculture is wrong and inappropriate. The biodiverse system has produced more food, and biodiversity means that seeds must be in the hands of farmers.

To get people to eat well don't say a word about health, just cook fantastic food for them.