3,214 Quotes About Food

The traditional ingredients of the 'oggie', as it is called in the old Cornish language, are naturally disputed, but on some things most experts agree: the meat must be chopped, not minced, the vegetables (perhaps potato, onion and turnip) must be sliced and the ingredients are not pre-cooked before they are put in the pastry.

A discussion of the pie in movies would hardly be complete without mention of the classic comic device of custard-pie throwing, now legitimized and made semi-serious as the subversive political act of 'entarting'. 'Entarting' is delivering (by 'lovingly pushing', not throwing) a cream pie into the face of a deserving celebrity, preferably in full view of the world's media, in order to make a point.

It’s not terribly fashionable any more to like bread. It’s sort of lucky that I’ve never managed to be fashionable, because I’ve always loved bread: I love it wholeheartedly and overwhelmingly. Sometimes I think there is no meal – no matter how thoughtful or beautiful or delicious

You would not want to be in a state of malnutrition during a COVID-19 infection.

Today's pasty is the working man's version, a perfect meal in the hand, easily transportable to the mines or the fields.

The stove is the shrine where I convene with my ancestors

It is useless to even try to answer the question I've been asked at least once a week over the past three years: 'Okay, which are, hands down, the three best resturaunts in Tokyo?'... asking this question about Tokyo is like asking which three websites are the best on the internet.

Food is also dearto everyonein three ways;as sacrifice, as heat and also as gift.

Everything is included in love. What other mission do we need? Do we need to fix the hunger problem? When you fix the love problem, the hunger problem is solved. It is the lack of love that is leading people not to share the food we have on the planet. There is enough food on the planet for everybody.