Food Quotes

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.

I work hard. I focus on myself and putting food on my dinner table before anything else. I don’t worry about other artists. Worrying about the next person in a negative way is the wrong way to be.

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.

I pride myself in figuring out how to elevate a dish with a little preserved lemon or, then, a sprinkle of Maldon salt.

And chicken is boring. Chefs see it as a menu item for people who don’t know what they want to eat.

I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.

My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, ’cause he only stole the good stuff.

When from a long distant past nothing subsists after the things are broken and scattered, the smell and taste of things remain.

The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today.

When you travel so many weeks a year, it’s always nice to have a home-cooked meal.