Quotes About Savoring

My lord. There is great importance to tea. It should never merely be 'whatever.

My mother still has a three-step system to eating candy corn. First she eats the white tip, then the orange middle, then the yellow end. She swears each segment tastes different.

If we are going to ask for our daily bread, we've got to take the time to receive it and eat it. God provide, but we've got to slow down long enough to taste and see.

When I ate slowly and deliberately, giving myself time to consider whether I actually wanted that next bite, I often discovered that I didn't.

Even a small amount of dark chocolate can be exquisitely satisfying if you meditate on it.

I got a lot of restaurants I like to eat at, smash out some food.

When I have dinner, I get off my phone, smell my food, and chew it well.

If we don't focus on when we eat - like, let's say we watch television or something - you eat much more. If you focus on the food - you smell it, you cook it - you're enjoying it already.

I just smoked a Cohiba the other day. It was great. You have to appreciate everything that cigar is.

Even if you're having a snack, enjoying it in a beautiful teacup or on a lovely plate makes it feel like more of an event.

You cut up a piece of fruit, peel it, put it on a dish, and top it with something fun, and it feels like a real snack, instead of just walking down the street while peeling an orange and eating it: you're not actually taking a minute to enjoy that snack.

We spend so much time sublimatin', thinkin' about, 'What am I going to have for lunch, dinner?'

All passions that allow themselves to be savored and digested are only mediocre. -from Of sadness

Acaso todo lo que no sea una loca carrera en pos de un desenlace final es aburrido? Cuando masticas este magnífico muslo, ¿te aburres? ¿Tienes prisa por llegar al final? Al contrario, quieres que el pato penetre dentro de ti lo más lentamente posible y que su sabor no se acabe nunca. Una novela no debe parecerse a una carrera de bicicletas, sino a un banquete con muchos platos.

Coffee is a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to your older self.

Mindful eating means simply eating or drinking while being aware of each bite or sip.

We have to establish ourselves in the here and now in order to truly eat. All through the meal, we should really be here with the people at the table. As we chew our food, we should really be here with what we are eating. We can get deeply in touch with the food, which is a gift from the earth and sky.

spend time with your food; every minute of your meal should be happy. Not many people have the time and the opportunity to sit down and enjoy a meal like that. We are very fortunate.

Don't chew your worries, your fear, or your anger. If you chew your planning and your anxiety, it's difficult to feel grateful for each piece of food. Just chew your food.

Drinking tea or coffee can be one of our daily pleasures if we partake of it fully.

What is the purpose of eating a tangerine? It is to eat the tanger­ine. During the time you eat a tangerine, eating that tanger­ine is the most important thing in your life.

Mindful eating nourishes awareness in us. We needn't be afraid of not having the TV, radio, newspaper, or a complicated conversation while we eat. It is wonderful just to be completely present with our food and those eating with us.

Eat dessert first; life is uncertain.

The worst way to read, he said, is with the thought that you do not have enough time. The only way to read is in the knowledge that there is an infinite amount of time stretching ahead, and that if one wishes to taste only afew sentences per day one is free to do so.