Quotes About Hospitality

When you travel so many weeks a year, it's always nice to have a home-cooked meal.

Julen i Hamsund hadde han fortalt meg om. Der var ikke noe juletre, men det var lys i en stake. Og alle fikk spise seg mette i Guds navn.

When there is no bread and even when there is we should eat our fill of one another.

I felt I had to share Idaho with my friend from New York because he'd shared New York with me, so I was going to share the beauty of nature with a man who went to museums and clubs late at night. But there was nothing to do where I lived at night.

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.

A restaurant is a fantasy-a kind of living fantasy in which diners are the most important members of the cast.

The most powerful social media... it is not the internet, it is not Facebook - it is food. This connects all human beings.

The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it.

Soup is cuisine's kindest course. It breathes reassurance; it steams consolation; after a weary day it promotes sociability, as the five o'clock cup of tea or the cocktail hour.

Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.

The gentle art of gastronomy is a friendly one. It hurdles the language barrier, makes friends among civilized people, and warms the heart.

If you find an Australian indoors, it's a fair bet that he will have a glass in his hand.

Opening a family-style restaurant with comfort food like mac 'n' cheese, ribs and burgers has always been my dream.

A good apprentice cook must be as polite with the dishwasher as with the chef.

He who receives his friends and gives no personal attention to the meal which is being prepared for them, is not worthy of having friends.

Food is not about impressing people. It's about making them feel comfortable.

My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready.

Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for.

From quite an early age I realised the effect that good food can have on others.

The best thing you can do for someone is make them a beautiful plate of food. How else can you invade someone's body without actually touching them?

Eating is really one of your indoor sports. You play three times a day, and it's well worth while to make the game as pleasant as possible.

Food was a constant topic of conversation in our household.

Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness.

Dine we must and we may as well dine elegantly as well as wholesomely.