Herman Melville Quotes

There's no doubt a bit of chicken in a creamy mushroom sauce with a side order of garlic mash will put a smile on your face.

If you're coming to dinner at our house, you know you're gonna be well-fed.

Shrimp and grits is a dish that I enjoy from North Carolina. It's one of those dishes that is so rich in flavor and texture.

Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make, hungry to absorb other flavours, and hugely versatile.

Do not let the word 'tripe' deter you. Let its soothing charms win you over, and enjoy it as do those who always have!

I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting.

Sweet, delicious Dungeness crab is always a treat.

I hate fussing about in the kitchen when I have people over to supper, so I make a rich beef stew cooked in wine with carrots, sundried tomato paste and chopped chorizo sausage.

I love spaghetti and meatballs... I eat a lot.

Tacos are the perfect food.

The smells of slow cooking spread around the house and impart a unique warmth matched only by the flavour of the food.

My maternal grandmother made fantastic ox tongue with velvety roasted potatoes. She cooked sweet red cabbage and lovely cauliflower with butter and bread crumbs.

Steak and its accompaniments - wine, vegetables, potatoes and generous desserts - is a primal source of pleasure to which many people can relate.

Butter, cream, and bacon. That's such a great foundation right there.

I think any man can be won over by being fed my Chicken with Roasted Garlic, Pancetta, and Rosemary.

When you have that deep kind of hunger that is part longing, what's better to eat than the best apple pie? Or the best potato salad and guacamole? Or the best deviled eggs and crab cakes and white chocolate raspberry pie?

When I feel like the day is great? Pasta. When I feel like I want the day to be great? Pasta. It's just awesome.

I cannot stand when you go to a wedding and get fed tiny portions. I want everyone to have a good feed on my wedding day, so I plan on having several types of sausage, mash, and gravy up for grabs. Every guest will have a Yorkshire pudding, too!

My mom's cooking was all about comfort, flavor, and plenty of butter. It was so hearty.

I really like stews: everything in a bowl boiled down right to its essence.

Pudding is my favourite part of any meal and I always have one if I can manage it.

When I'm able to eat cheap and delicious food, like ramen and beef bowls, I can't stop but to think, 'Ah, what a great era I was born in.'

Once a week, I used to treat myself to three parottas with the pocket money I saved. It tasted so good, and I loved eating it soaked in salna.

I make this really good tomato soup from scratch and I do it with grilled cheese sandwich dippers on the side. That's really, really, really good. And my grandma loves that. My grandma is the best cook ever so for her to love that makes me think it's probably the best thing I make.

And pray what more can a reasonable man desire, in peaceful times, in ordinary noons, than a sufficient number of ears of green sweet corn boiled, with the addition of salt?