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Quotes About Flavor

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.
~ Thomas Keller
I like brisket way too well, and I never seem to get it quite like I want it, though this time I'm close. I try to smoke it long enough to start the neighbors complaining. Then I know I'm on the right track.
~ Thomas McGuane
Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health.
~ Thomas Tusser
How do you eat tofu?" "Scoop it with Doritos
~ Tim Dorsey
But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is is good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. Van Gogh, Beethoven, Edgar Allen Poe, Sylvia Plath, Pink Floyd (the early Piper at the Gates of Dawn line up), scientific breakthroughs, spiritual revolution, utopian visions, zany nationalism that kills millions- wait, that's the bad kind. Tim Dorsey (Hurricane Punch)
~ Tim Dorsey
Fat Matt's Rib Shack
~ Tim Green
I drink a fair amount of ramen noodles.
~ T. J. Miller
Cobnuts have a fresher flavour than any other nut I know of and go very well with autumnal fruit and light cheeses.
~ Yotam Ottolenghi
There's ways to get the right nutrients and eat the food you want and have it taste great.
~ Max Holloway
Turmeric or cinnamon? Nuts or raisins? The players may change, but the fundamentals of fluffy, fragrant pilaf are always the same.
~ Claire Saffitz
Good-quality nuts, toasted in a little butter and salt, make a magical addition to many salads.
~ Yotam Ottolenghi
I always carry a little jar of nuts around with me. I roast them beforehand with tamari and thyme to give them a deliciously rich flavour.
~ Ella Woodward
Many ingredients are called 'earthy,' but none comes as close to fitting the bill as buckwheat. I'm mildly obsessed with the stuff.
~ Yotam Ottolenghi
I have an obsession with hot sauce. I love Cholula. I put Cholula on everything.
~ Becky G
I have an obsession with ketchup! I have it with everything.
~ Eugene Simon
Food Tastes Better When It's Got Some Dirt in It
~ Orhan Pamuk
A great meal can be deftly managed or thuggishly muscled, either way resulting in an original offering of scrumptiousness.
~ Chase LeBlanc
There's no such thing as too much garlic.
~ Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Brew black tea for three to five minutes; oolong for about five minutes; and green teas for only a minute or two.
~ Cheryl Mendelson
Include just enough detail for flavor and interest but not enough to emphasize or single out a particular item above the importance it deserves. In other words, don't describe the shovel hanging on the garage wall unless someone is going to dig a grave with it later. An exception would be if your character is a neat freak and the garden tools on the garage wall are alphabetized—this would characterize.
~ Cheryl St. John
She reached for the Dr. Pepper and put it in with the Pepsi.
~ Chet Williamson
Mustard's no good without roast beef.
~ Chico Marx
If soup isn't hot enough to make a grown man wince, it's undrinkable.
~ Terri Guillemets
Spicy food lovers are pyro-gourmaniacs.
~ Author unknown, c. 2006