3,214 Quotes About Food

Parsley is gharsley.

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

I'd rather eat nothing than eat a carrot.

Red onions are especially divine. I hold a slice up to the sunlight pouring in through the kitchen window, and it glows like a fine piece of antique glass. Cool watery-white with layers delicately edged with imperial purple...strong, humble, peaceful...with that fiery nub of spring green in the center...

If I liked food and disliked exercise as much as a 400 pound guy, I'd be a 400 pound guy.

A plate of roast duck, steamed dumplings, spicy noodles with beef gravy, pickled cucumbers, stewed tongue and eggs if you have them, cold please, and sticky rice pearls, too,' Ai Ling said, before the server girl could open her mouth. "I don't know what he wants." Ai Ling nodded toward Chen Yong.'I'm not sure I have enough coins to order anything more,' he said, laughing.

This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market.

First we eat, then we do everything else.

Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts.