“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

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“I like a cook who smiles out loud when he tastes his own work. Let God worry about your modesty. I want to see your enthusiasm.”
- Robert Farrar Capon
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“Destiny may ride with us today, but there is no reason for it to interfere with lunch.”
- Peter The Great
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“Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.”
- Mark Twain
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“Instead of past, present and future, I’d prefer chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.”
- Ashleigh Brilliant
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“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.”
- Oscar Wilde
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“Popcorn is one of the only situations in which you eat the result of an explosion.”
- Demetri Martin
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“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.”
- George Bernard Shaw
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“How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?”
- Charles De Gaulle
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“A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.”
- Noël Coward
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“The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.”
- Bernard DeVoto
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“I only drink Champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not.”
- Coco Chanel
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“He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.”
- Jonathan Swift
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“This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!”
- Julia Child
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“All food starting with p is comfort food: pasta, potato chips, pretzels, peanut butter, pastrami, pizza, pastry.”
- Sara Paretsky
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“I always say that I don’t believe I’m a chef. I try to be a storyteller.”
- Jose Andres
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“What you feel like eating at any given moment is what you should have.”
- Ferran Adria
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“No rules. Don’t be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn’t have to have rules. I don’t like it that way.”
- Masaharu Morimoto
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“I find the height of my purpose working with my hands, collaborating with farmers, serving my community. That farmer that needs you to buy his bell peppers is the same as the homeless guy on the street asking for money. Everybody’s just trying to get their needs met.”
- Erick Williams
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“It’s okay to play with your food.”
- Emeril Lagasse
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“I used to think the skills my mother and grandmother had were small and insignificant, because the world taught me that black food was small and insignificant. But now I realize what we contribute to food in America is vast. Right now that’s all I want to cook, and I want to cook it on a level that resonates with me, beyond whether it tastes good.”
- Mashama Bailey
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“Cooking is the ultimate giving.”
- Jamie Oliver
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“A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.”
- Barbara Johnson
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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien
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“Butter is the most delicate of foods among barbarous nations, and one which distinguishes the wealthy from the multitude at large.”
- Pliny