Food Quotes

This page is fully dedicated to quotes that have to do with food.  The quotes found on this page are said by individuals, chefs, actors, or any food lover out there.  If you have a quote not on this page or one of your own, please feel free to contact me.  If for any reason your quote is plagiarized or without a name, it will not be posted.  I hope you enjoy the quotes and even learn something from them.  

"When we no longer have good cooking in the world, we will have no literature, nor high and sharp intelligence, nor friendly gatherings, nor social harmony."
- Chef Marie-Antoine Careme

"Good cooking is an art, as well as a form of intense pleasure.  A recipe is only a theme, which an intelligent cook can play each time with a variation."
-Chef Madame Jehane Beniot 

"You have to love either what you are going to eat, or the person you are cooking for. Then you have to give yourself up to cooking. Cuisine is an act of love."
-Chef Alain Chapel

"Flavor is a 'language' that anyone who loves the pleasures of the palate will find to be well worth mastering.  Once you master the language of flavor, you can use it to communicate- and become a better cook."
- The Flavor Bible Page 21 -Karen page and Andrew Dornenburg

"Happy and successful cooking does not rely only on knowhow. It comes from the heart, makes great demands on the palate, and needs enthusiasm and a deep love of food to bring it to life."
-George Blanc, Michelin Three-Star Chef

"Butter! Give me butter! Always butter!"
- Fernand Point