23 Delicious Food Quotes

Last updated on May 19, 2019 by Liza Hawkins

I love a good food quote, especially when its author is able to convey something meaningful (or hunger inducing) in a matter of a sentence or two.

These 23 delicious (and Pinterest-friendly!) food quotes from chefs, cooks, authors and foodies are some of my favorites.

From Anthony Bourdain and Alton Brown, to Julia Child and Erma Bombeck, you’ll see a variety of wordsmithing flavors. Cheers!

23 Delicious Food Quotes

1. “Winter blues are cured every time with a potato gratin paired with a roast chicken.” -Alex Guarnaschelli

2. “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” -J.R.R. Tolkien

3. “Culture, when it comes to food, is a fancy word for your mom.” -Michael Pollan

4. “I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food.” -W.C. Fields

5. “Growing up, I spent my childhood summers on my mother’s family farm in Puglia where I learned to make fresh pasta and olive oil and jar tomato sauce from my mother and several of her sisters.” -Donatella Arpaia

6. “At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind.” -Michael Pollan

7. “You don’t have to do everything from scratch. Nobody wants to make puff pastry!” -Ina Garten

8. “If someone crafts an interesting tweet that’ll lead me to their blog, I’m going to their blog.” -Anthony Bourdain

9. “Pasta doesn’t make you fat. How much pasta you eat makes you fat.” -Giada De Laurentiis

10. “CHEESE – milk’s leap towards immortality.” -Clifton Fadiman

11. “We are fat and sick and dying because we have handed a basic, fundamental and intimate function of life over to corporations. We choose to value our nourishment so little that we entrust it to strangers. This is insanity. Feed yourselves. Feed your loved ones. And for God’s sake, feed your children.” -Alton Brown

12. “Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.” -Anthony Bourdain

13. “Please be a traveler, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what’s right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in.” -Andrew Zimmern

14. “If organic farming is the natural way, shouldn’t organic produce just be called ‘produce’ and make the pesticide-laden stuff take the burden of an adjective?” -Ymber Delecto

15. “I think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of foods: fear of eggs, say, or fear of butter. Most doctors feel that you can have a little bit of everything.” -Julia Child

16. “Sometimes the greatest meals on vacations are the ones you find when Plan A falls through.” -Anthony Bourdain

17. “Food is an important part of a balanced diet.” -Fran Lebowitz

18. “One cannot think, love, sleep well if one has not dined well.” -Virginia Woolf

19. “Please go to this pizzeria. Order the Margherita pizza with double mozzarella. If you do not eat this pizza when you are in Naples, please lie to me and tell me that you did.” -Elizabeth Gilbert

20. “Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.” -Erma Bombeck

21. “Be simple. Be honest. Don’t overcook and don’t undercook, but it’s better to undercook than overcook.” -James Beard

22. “I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we’re talking aboutunpasteurized stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime ‘associates,’ food, for me, has always been an adventure.” -Anthony Bourdain

23. “Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts.” -James Beard