Food Pleasure Quotes

'Vacation' means titillating my taste buds.

Some things are worth the fat and calories, although I have to watch it like a hawk.

It was the greatest thing in the world getting fat. Every meal out was an event. Or we'd go to Italy and we'd have pasta, truffles, and dessert and then plan the next incredible meal. It was a happy-go-lucky time. I never had so much fun.

When we're ill, one of the last things we have that we can enjoy is food.

It is harder to be unhappy when you are eating.

I like everything that makes you fat.

Food should be fun.

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.

Bein' rich is having leftovers. Good leftovers make yo' tongue fly outta yo' mouth and smack yo' brains out.

Food should flirt with the palette. If the food doesn't flirt with your palette, then it's not fun enough.

I always like it when I eat myself out of breath. That's a good boost to my day. You know, I'm eating, and I go, 'Oooohhh.' It's better a few moments later when you get to think about it, when you're like, 'Why did I just stop to take a deep breath? Oh yeah, my body also needs air.'

Part of life and part of the enjoyment of life is a croissant and a chocolate cake and eggs and milkshakes and oatmeal. There's so many things, you have to learn to appreciate it all. When I don't eat as much as I should, I'm not fun to be around; I'm fussy.

Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.

Dining should be something that isn't always taken extremely seriously.

When you have bacon in your mouth, it doesn’t matter who’s president.

The pleasure of eating should be an extensive pleasure, not that of the mere gourmet. People who know the garden in which their vegetables have grown and know that the garden is healthy will remember the beauty of the growing plants, perhaps in the dewy first light of morning when gardens are at their best. Such a memory involves itself with the food and is one of the pleasures of eating. (pg. 326, The Pleasures of Eating)

I obsess everyday about everything. Not only about what we do well but what we can do better... In the end, the only reason I am motivated to do what I do is for the hedonistic pleasures of the table.

It's okay to treat yourself once in awhile. I'm not going to stop eating Mexican food!

I do have a thing for eating out; that's one of life's great middle-age pleasures.

As a chef I’m not your dietitian or your ethicist, I’m in the pleasure business.

What I've learned is I want to enjoy my life, and food is a big part of it.

Am I tough? Am I strong? Am I hard-core? Absolutely. Did I whimper with pathetic delight when I sank my teeth into my hot fried-chicken sandwich? You betcha.

I love apple crumble and custard - that's my little treat.

In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight.

As life's pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs. Now that's better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.