30 Food Quotes For People Who Love To Eat

Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a cultur­e. -Ma­rk Kurlansky

Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious. -Ruth Reichl

Laughter is wine for the soul – laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness – the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living. -Seán O’Casey

Food is our common ground, a universal experience. -James Beard

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else. -Nikos Kazantzakis

I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food – Erma Bombeck

There is no love sincerer than the love of food. – George Bernard Shaw

“How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese­?” ­– Charles de Gaulle

“Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.” -Anthony Bourdain

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

“A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.” – Noël Coward

“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

“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

“If God had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn’t have given us grandm­others­.” ~Linda Henley

“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” – Luciano Pavarotti

“No one who cooks, cooks alone. A cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.’ -Laurie Colwin

“Food is the most primitive form of comfort.” -Sheilah Graham

“I feel a recipe is only a theme, which an intelligent cook can play each time with a variat­ion” -Madam Benoit

“Cho­colate and coffee ? Together ? Whoever came up with that combination should have won a Nobel Peace Prize.” – Darynda Jones

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

“Laughter is brightest in the place where food is.” -Irish Proverb

“This magical, marvelous food on our plate, this sustenance we absorb, has a story to tell. It has a journey.” -Joel Salatin

“Come on, don’t you ever stop and smell the coffee?” -Justina Chen

“Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables. They probably get jet-lagged, just like people. -Elizabeth Berry

“Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventur­es.” -M.F.K. Fisher

“You don’t need a silver fork to eat good food.” -Paul Prudhomme

“Salt is born of the purest of parents: the sun and the sea.” -Pythagoras

“Food to a large extent is what holds a society together and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experi­ences.­” -P­eter Farb

“If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him… the people who give you their food give you their heart.” -Cesar Chavez

“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