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Food is a universal thing that brings people together. We are sharing some of our favorite food quotes from notable people, famous chefs, celebrities, writers, and more.
Famous food quotes
This list of food quotes will have your stomach growling. Cooking quotes, funny food quotes, inspirational quotes and so many more. These are some of the best quotes about food you will find.
"Food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate." - Alan D. Wolfelt
"You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients." - Julia Child
"Food is our common ground, a universal experience." - James Beard
"All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."
- Charles M. Shulz
"Nothing helps scenery like bacon and eggs." - Mark Twain
"A good dinner is of great importance to good talk. One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." - Virginia Woolf
"The way you make an omelet reveals your character." - Anthony Bourdain
"Everything you see I owe to spaghetti." - Sofia Loren
"My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order." - Dolly Parton
"Food is strength, and food is peace, and food is freedom." - John F. Kennedy
"There is no love sincerer than the love of food." - George Bernard Shaw
"Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness." - Auguste Escoffier
"Good food and a warm kitchen is what makes a house a home." - Rachael Ray
"First we eat, then we do everything else. - M.F.K. Fisher
"Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy." - Mary Berry
"After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relatives." - Oscar Wilde
"I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage." - Erma Bombeck
"Promises and pie crust are made to be broken." - Jonathan Swift
"The people who give you their food give you their heart." - Cesar Chavez
"Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers." - William Shakespeare
"Food is the most primitive form of comfort." - Sheila Graham
"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
"So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being." - Franz Kafka
"Your diet is your bank account. Good food choices are good investments." - Bethenny Frankel
"Never eat more than you can lift." - Miss Piggy
"Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first." - Ernestine Ulmer
"I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food." - W.C. Fields
"You don't need a silver fork to eat good food." - Paul Prudhomme
"People who love to eat are always the best people." - Julia Child
"The nourishment of the body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others." - Imam Ali
"To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location and the company as it is about the taste." - Heston Blumenthal
"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all." - Harriet van Horne
"In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport." - Julia Child
"The belly rules the mind." - Spanish Proverb
"The waitress asked if I wanted my pizza cut into four or eight slices. I said four. I don't think I can eat eight."
- Yogi Berra
"Food is maybe the only universal thing that has the power to bring everyone together." - Guy Fieri
"A recipe has no soul. You as the cook, must bring soul to the dish." - Thomas Keller
"My doctor told me I had to stop throwing intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people." - Orson Welles
"A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand." - Barbara Johnson
"Life is a combination of magic and pasta." - Federico Fellini
"Ice cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal." - Voltaire
"Only the pure in heart can make good soup." - Beethoven
- "Eating good food is my favorite thing in the world. Nothing is more blissful." - Justine Larbalestier
- "Food should be fun." - Thomas Keller
- "The secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside." - Mark Twain
- "Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food." - Mary Catherine Bateson
- "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper." - Adelle Davis
- "Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie." - Jim Davis
- "I am not a glutton - I am an explorer of food." - Erma Bombeck
- "There is not better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box in your lap." - Kevin James
- "Cooking is a caring and nurturing act. It's kind of the ultimate gift for someone, to cook for them." - Curtis Stone
- "I only drink champagne on two occasions, when I'm in love and when I am not." - Coco Chanel
Have more food for thought quotes? Let us know some of your favorites you found in this collection of food quotes in the comments.
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