John Harington Quotes

A food's value is based on how good it tastes.

There are about 700 flavors that you can smell, but only five you can taste. A lot of times what you're perceiving as flavor has nothing to do with palette, but it's more to do with scents.

With cooking, there's always the tangible and the intangible: that which is in the domain of sentiment, of the individual.

The powder is mixed with water and tastes exactly like powder mixed with water.

I also think it's very important to consider how the food will feel to the person eating it.

The difference between a bland tomato and great one is immense, much like the difference between a standard, sliced white bread and a crusty, aromatic sourdough.

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

Desserts are all about form and function, about warm and hot and cold. I want every component to hit your palate on different levels at different times.

Things taste less salty when they're cool.

Coffee justifies the existence of the word 'aroma'.

I happen to love coconut, particularly for that sweet and crunchy texture it adds to any dish.

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

The main thing I look for in a recipe is taste, which is different from caterers and restaurants, who first ask 'How does it look?'

Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.

Taste, which enables us to distinguish all that has a flavor from that which is insipid.

'Morsel' is a perfect word. Forming those six letters on the lips and tongue prompts an instantaneous physiological reaction. The mouth waters. The lips purse.

I like pineapple. It's delightful.

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust.

For me no good food is illuminated without acidity.

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.

Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties.

That was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted.

If your kitchen smells good, your food lost something.

The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.

I'm a huge fan of Cabernet and Bordeaux, and am passionate about Pinot Noir and Burgundies.