People always comment about my clothes. They dont think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook. – Padma Lakshmi
When I come home from a shoot, Id rather reheat food Ive made than eat takeout. – Ted Allen
Ive always hoped Chopped would telegraph our enormous affection and love and admiration for chefs and food, but at the same time, we are inflicting extraordinary cruelty on them. – Ted Allen
Believe me, I understand the need for easy and speedy. After a 12-hour day of shooting Chopped, say, Im talking stir-fry, spaghetti, heck, peanut-butter sandwiches. But thats not about the joy of food. Thats survival. – Ted Allen
I think what I do differently from a lot of TV chefs is that I break down barriers and make fine food more accessible to the regular person, who might be intimidated. I try hard, particularly with wine, to make it not intimidating. Its sort of a teaching job. – Ted Allen
I used to eat because food tastes so good. I love food, its one of the best things on this planet. But I changed the way I was thinking. I started asking myself, Hey, am I eating because it tastes good? Or because I really need some more? Am I really still hungry? – Jordin Sparks
I dont enjoy good food. I dont enjoy flashy cars. I dont care if I live in a dump. I dont enjoy good clothes. This is the best Ive dressed in months. – Jack Kevorkian
Its all about whos where on the food chain. When Im the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When Im working for another editor, Im obliged to follow their vision. – Len Wein
Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and its just as fast. – Mario Batali
As far away as you can get from the process of mechanisms and machinery, the more likely your foods going to taste good. And that – that is probably the largest thing I can hand to anybody is let your hands touch it. Let them make it. – Mario Batali
When you cut that eggplant up and you roast it in the oven and you make the tomato sauce and you put it on top, your soul is in that food, and theres something about that that can never be made by a company that has three million employees. – Mario Batali
I was at a party, and some squiggly looking dude with a bow tie came up and said, Howd you like to be on TV? Turns out he was the programming guy at the Food Network. They had me come into the office, and I did a Ready, Set, Cook with Emeril Lagasse, I believe. – Mario Batali
Cookbooks have all become baroque and very predictable. Im looking for something different. A lot of chefs cookbooks are food as its done in the restaurants, but they are dumbed down, and I hate it when they dumb them down. – Mario Batali
Its fun to pick a cuisine and say Im going to research Ethiopian food, and see what its all about. You find that there are a lot of similarities in cuisines from around the world and a lot of similar flavors. – Cat Cora
Chronic malnutrition, or the lack of proper nutrition over time directly contributes to three times as many child deaths as food scarcity. Yet surprisingly, you dont really hear about this hidden crisis through the morning news, Twitter or headlines of major newspapers. – Cat Cora
I think about food all the time. Its my passion its my profession. But some people think about food all the time because theyre hungry. We can put an end to this if we join forces and lend a hand. – Cat Cora
Even more importantly, its wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life. – Robert Mondavi
Dont you have a machine that puts food into the mouth and pushes it down? – Nikita Khrushchev
When you love food as much as I do, staying healthy is not easy. I mean, moderation, not deprivation. Thats my new way of living. I always want more and thats just my life. – Carnie Wilson
I always think I am one of the millions and millions of people that struggles with an addiction to food. I dont know how to relax, thats my problem. – Carnie Wilson
