Culinary Quotes - Page 3

• A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.

  Louis Pasteur

  Funny, Philosophy, Drinking

  "The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners". Book by Geoff Tibballs, 2004.

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• And what shall I tell you, lady, of the natural secrets I have discovered while cooking? And I often say, when observing these details: had Aristotle prepared victuals, he would have written more.

  Juana Inés de la Cruz

  Food, Cooking, Secret

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• Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

  Ben Jonson

  Romantic, Food, Wine

  "To Celia" l. 1 (1616).

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• A pasty costly-made, Where quail and pigeon, lark and leveret lay, Like fossils of the rock, with golden yolks Imbedded and injellied.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Food, Rocks, Cooking

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.431, Delphi Classics

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• Artichoke: That vegetable of which one has more at the finish than at the start of dinner.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Food, Vegetables, Cooking

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• Anti-alcoholics are unfortunates in the grip of water, that terrible poison, so corrosive that out of all substances it has been chosen for washing and scouring, and a drop of water added to a clear liquid like Absinthe, muddles it.

  Alfred Jarry

  Food, Water, Cooking

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• It helps immerse yourself in what you potentially want to do. Being involved, learning firsthand and observing the craft and absorbing all you can, makes it easier to define what you want. It will also ultimately make you a better Chef. Culinary school, or even a single class, is a great bet too.

  Giada De Laurentiis

  School, Class, Crafts

  "Phillyist Interviews TV Food Network’s Giada de Laurentiis". Interview with Joanne Jordan, phillyist.com. October 19, 2005.

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• I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it.

  Todd English

  Sports, Food, Cooking

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• A man who is careful with his palate is not likely to be careless with his paragraphs.

  Clifton Fadiman

  Food, Men, Cooking

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• A man that lives on pork, fine-flour bread, rich pies and cakes, and condiments, drinks tea and coffee, and uses tobacco, might as well try to fly as to be chaste in thought.

  John Harvey Kellogg

  Coffee, Food, Men

  John Harvey Kellogg (1881). “Plain Facts for Old and Young”

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• Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures.

  M. F. K. Fisher

  Hurt, Drinking, Food

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• Clam chowder is one of those subjects, like politics or religion, that can never be discussed lightly. Bring it up even incidentally, and all the innumerable factions of the clam bake regions raise their heads and begin to yammer.

  Louis Pullig De Gouy

  Food, Cooking, Clams

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• Although the frankfurter originated in Frankfurt, Germany, we have long since made it our own, a twin pillar of democracy along with Mom's apple pie. In fact, now that Mom's apple pie comes frozen and baked by somebody who isn't Mom, the hot dog stands alone. What it symbolizes remains pure, even if what it contains does not.

  William Zinsser

  Mom, Dog, Food

  "Hot Dog Road Trip: A Patriotic Party Plan", www.huffingtonpost.com. August 1, 2009.

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• As a rule they will refuse even to sample a foreign dish, they regard such things as garlic and olive oil with disgust, life is unliveable to them unless they have tea and puddings.

  George Orwell

  Food, Oil, Cooking

  George Orwell (1968). “The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: As I please, 1943-1945”

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• Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Food, Heart, Cooking

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• Life is a combination of magic and pasta.

  Federico Fellini

  Funny, Food, Home Cooking

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• Give me a platter of choice finnan haddie, freshly cooked in its bath of water and milk, add melted butter, a slice or two of hot toast, a pot of steaming Darjeeling tea, and you may tell the butler to dispense with the caviar, truffles and nightingales' tongues.

  Craig Claiborne

  Food, Two, Giving

  Craig Claiborne (1994). “Craig Claiborne's New York Times Food Encyclopedia”, Outlet

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• I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

  W. C. Fields

  Funny, Witty, Drinking

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• I want to go to culinary school because I love cooking. One day I'd love to open up a restaurant or cafe

  Mary-Kate Olsen

  School, Cooking, One Day

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• Any part of the piggy Is quite all right with me Ham from Westphalia, ham from Parma Ham as lean as the Dalai Lama Ham from Virginia, ham from York, Trotters Sausages, hot roast pork. Crackling crisp for my teeth to grind on Bacon with or without the rind on Though humanitarian I'm not a vegetarian. I'm neither crank nor prude nor prig And though it may sound infra dig Any part of the darling pig Is perfectly fine with me.

  Noel Coward

  Food, Pigs, Virginia

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• Anytime a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a pastrami on white bread, somewhere a Jew dies.

  Milton Berle

  Food, Order, White

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• What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

  A. A. Milne

  Beauty, Food, Home Cooking

  "Not That It Matters".

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• If you're afraid of butter, use cream.

  Julia Child

  Food, Cooking, Gourmet

  "Julia Child's centennial: celebrating America's beloved no-frills chef" by Amanda Holpuch, www.theguardian.com. August 15, 2012.

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• In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.

  Julia Child

  Sports, Art, Food

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• All sorrows are less with bread.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Food, Cooking Classes, Home Cooking

  "The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha". Book by Miguel de Cervantes, p. 530, 1902.

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