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“One should eat to live, not live to eat.”

“There is no sincerer love than the love of food.”

“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”

“Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.”

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”

“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.”

“I know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter's evening, and I know the comfort that comes of eating it hot, along with some sugar and a drench of cream... I know how the nuts taken in conjunction with winter apples, cider, and doughnuts, make old people's tales and old jokes sound fresh and crisp and enchanting.”

“I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime 'associates,' food, for me, has always been an adventure”

“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.”

“Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.”

“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.”

“I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.”