39 Quotes About Soul-food

There’s only one investment that will never go down — an investment in yourself.

One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food.

And her dumplings were so light they would float in the air and you'd have to catch 'em to eat 'em.

Never settle for something your heart, mind and soul aren't in sync with. Life is too short and the cost for it isn't cheap enough to live in a mediocre fashion.

The soul of the Universe awaits to enfold you in pure white light.

It's not about exact measurements or ingredients', shrugged Lomax, when Joseph complained. 'Good food is about feeling. Cooking is an art, not a science. You got to have soul to feed people right.' He smiled. 'That's what this is. Soul food.

People will starve you these days, I tell you. And I’m not talking about food.

Self-help and those stupid proverbs, they do nothing. Soul food? It’s like trying to cure starvation with a sugar cube. It might taste sweet on the lips but once it dissolves, the emptiness is still there.

Once I find my way to Grandma's restaurant, after what feels like a zillion wrong turns and dead ends, I walk in and smell all the bomb soul food- her famous fried chicken with all the creole seasonings, thyme, rosemary, and tarragon. I even get a whiff of her famous sweet potato pie, and I'm practically drooling.