MyFaves – Quotes

Here is a collection of quotes that I’ve stumbled upon. Some are inspiring, some provide insight, and some are just plain hilarious! I tried my best to cite them correctly; pardon me if I failed in any regard. The images are just an attempt at quirk and wit. No infringement of rights intended. 🙂

Feel free to share some of your favourite culinary quotes.

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

– Jim Davis

“Food is not about impressing people. It’s about making them feel comfortable.”

– Ina Garten,  ‘The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook’

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

― W.C. Fields

“‎When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste.”

– Laiko Bahrs

“Happiness is finding three olives in your martini when you’re hungry.”

– Johnny Carson

“A home cook who relies too much on a recipe is sort of like a pilot who reads the plane’s instruction manual while flying.”

– Alton Brown

“It’s absolutely unfair for women to say that guys only want one thing: sex. We also want food.”

― Jarod Kintz, $3.33

“Don’t wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty. Chocolate isn’t like premarital sex. It will not make you pregnant. And it always feels good.”

― Lora Brody

“What good is our best culinary creation if we have not friends to share it with?”

– Stephen Charoo, 2013