“When our preferences are in order, nutrition should take care of itself.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“The only best way to prove that a statue can't provide for you is to ask it for food.”
“How can you whip cream without whips? Whipped cream isn't whipped cream at all unless it's been whipped with whips. Just as a poached egg isn't a poached egg unless it's been stolen from the woods in the dead of night!”
Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“Extremely useful in the winter,' said Mr Wonka, rushing on. 'Hot ice cream warms you up no end in freezing weather. I also make hot ice cubes for putting in hot drinks. Hot ice cubes make hot drinks hotter.”
Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“Home sickness comes in waves, sometimes leaving me reeling.”
Source: Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai
“Good food and good love are cultivated the same way - plant a seed in fertile soil, water it, care for it daily, protect it from negative elements and watch it rise up to nourish your body and soul.”
Source: Island Mindfulness: How to Use the Transformational Power of Mindfulness to Create an Abundant Life
“When your servant brings your food to you, if you do not ask him to join you, then at least ask him to take one or two handfuls, for he has suffered from its heat (while cooking it) and has taken pains to cook it nicely”
“Let’s try something more challenging: for instance, being humane. Compassion is the only way to maintain peace in the world.”
“...the priests said that food was not there to be enjoyed but simply to keep us alive. Simplicity of diet was important.”
Source: A History of Loneliness
“I now view food as energy for my mind and body rather than something to be scared of. It's fuel, not punishment. Because without it, I can't grow stronger, emotionally, mentally, and physically.”
Source: Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me