“The planets resources are rare; we must consume more ethically and equitably.”

The image foreigners have of French cuisine is fattening and very fancy food. But it’s not true – French food isn’t just rich. The word “healthy” doesn’t exist in French.

The relentless pursuit of being different is very French.

Cuisine has become too complicated – this is about subject, verb, adjective: duck, turnips, sauce.

Desserts are like mistresses. They are bad for you. So if you are having one, you might as well have two.

At my home in the southwest of France, I grow oak, hazel, and lemon trees in my backyard.

Everywhere in the world there are tensions – economic, political, religious. So we need chocolate.

Techniques are not the most difficult to teach. The attitudes chefs take are much more important.

I have a very modern way of thinking; the chef is there to lead the team and not just to sit behind the piano.

It should be slow-cooked and seasonal. That’s my vision.

You can mix two styles and get fusion; any more and you just get confusion.

Nowadays, food needs to be healthy, local, sustainable and not filled with too much fat, salt or sugar.

The Asian airlines have the best wine programs.

Tasting a dish should be memorable If nothing remains in the memory of a single guest, then I have made a mistake.

Classical cooking and molecular gastronomy should remain separate.

Failure is enriching. It’s also important to accept that you’ll make mistakes – it’s how you build your expertise.

It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten.

But a tax on luxuries would no other effect than to raise their price. It would fall wholly on the consumer, and could neither increase wages nor lower profits.

As we all know from witnessing the consuming jealousy of husbands who are never faithful, people do not confine themselves to the emotions to which they are entitled.

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

Read the Word. Consume the Word until it consumes you. Believe the Word. Act on the Word.

Alas! that my body, clean and whole, never been corrupted, today must be consumed and burnt to ashes!

The world is not allowed to make a meal of you, girl. It is there for your consuming.

Beans, beans, the magic legumes – the more you ingest, the more you consume.

The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.