Food

The most used piece of kit in my kitchen is my saucepan. I use it every morning to cook my porridge in. The least used piece of equipment? Id say a food mixer. Ive never used it, I dont really know what theyre for. – David Walliams

When I want comfort food, I buy Maltesers. I like all chocolates, but especially those. You can eat them, and because theyre so light, you can convince yourself that they are not actually that fattening. – David Walliams

I love Top Chef. I think it rewrote the book on how food shows are presented on TV. – Andy Cohen

St. Louis has a lot of weird food customs that you dont see other places – and a lot of great ethnic neighborhoods. Theres a German neighborhood. A great old school Italian neighborhood, with toasted ravioli, which seems to be a St. Louis tradition. And they love provolone cheese in St. Louis. – Andy Cohen

People ask me how I keep my figure, and I tell them its because I paint. When youre covered in paint, its quite hard to put food in your mouth! – Jane Seymour

It is great to add some glamour to the food industry, like television shows have done for the food world and inspiring people to work in the industry. The flip side of that is unfortunately people think that after they get their qualifications, they get their invitation to compete on Top Chef. – Curtis Stone

For me, food is all about balance. If you eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and an appropriate amount of poultry, fish, and red meat that are sourced from good places, youre doing well. Its important to make sure that the meat youre consuming is hormone-free. – Curtis Stone

In my travels, I also noticed that kids in Thailand like spicy food, and kids in India love curry. Im hoping to introduce my son, Hudson, to lots of veggies and spices when hes young. I say that before hes started on solid foods, so it could be easier in theory than practice! – Curtis Stone

The best thing you can do for someone is make them a beautiful plate of food. How else can you invade someones body without actually touching them? – Padma Lakshmi

Wine, like food, is so emotional. If you think about it, so much of the courting ritual is surrounded by wine and food. Theres a built-in romance to wine. – Padma Lakshmi

Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on Top Chef, I feel, is an extension of that. When we give a criticism to the contestant, we want to make sure we tell them why its not working and why it would work if they did it a different way. – Padma Lakshmi

Theyre now turning those seeds into intellectual property, so they have a virtual lock on the seeds upon which we all depend for our food and survival. – Jeremy Rifkin

The public should know that the liability issues here have yet to be resolved, or even raised. If youre a farmer and youre growing a genetically engineering food crop, those genes are going to flow to the other farm. – Jeremy Rifkin

I love Alton Browns show Good Eats, about the chemistry of food. Its really thoughtful. – Ina Garten

The thing about all my food is that everything is a remembered flavor. Maybe its something I had as a child or maybe its something I had in Milan, but I want it to taste better than you ever thought. – Ina Garten

Theres nothing more romantic than Italian food. – Elisha Cuthbert

I just dont crave junk food. – Cat Deeley

I dont feel any pressure to lose weight – and in any case, if I didnt have my food Id be a nasty piece of work and wouldnt be able to function. – Cat Deeley

Its my first presenting role so Ill be nervous, but its going to be great fun. I cant wait to sample the food and meet the celebrities. Hopefully I can inject some of my own glamour. – Nicole Appleton

Lets keep the chemists over here and the food over here, thats my feeling. What do I know? But that is a big aspect of fast food is their ability to artificially taint the colors and the smells and stuff to stimulate appetite. – Greg Kinnear