Susi Gott Séguret - A Chefs Book of Favorite Culinary Quotations: An Inspired Collection for Those Who Love to Cook and Those Who Love to Eat

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From the moment we draw our first breath (a form of nourishment in itself), we seek to feed ourselves, be it at our mothers breast or whatever we are lucky enough to grasp.

Culinary icons such as Brillat-Savarin, Curnonsky and Michael Pollan, among others, reinforce this quest as our basic raison dtre. The fountain of youth is in your kitchen. Paraphrased from DR. JOHN LA PUMA Food is the first way of gaining energy. Food must be appreciated, savored, in order for its energy to be truly absorbed. This makes eating a holy experience.

JAMES REDFIELD Every chef should have to work on a farm for a year before setting foot in the kitchen. DARINA ALLEN Buy foods that look most similar to their original form. DR. JOHN LA PUMA Eating well is a critically important life skill. MICHAEL POLLAN There is no better expenditure of time than that devoted to leisurely partaking of the greatest blessing conferred on manfood. HARRY J.

JOHNSON Yummy is important. People eat foods, not nutrients. DR. GRANDMA Food is the most powerful medicine weve got. DR. JOHN LA PUMA Gastronomy is the rational study of all related to man as he is eating.

Its purpose is to keep humankind alive with the best possible food. BRILLAT-SAVARIN We taste food using all our senses, emotions, past experiences, religion, and culture. CORDON BLEU ATLANTA When shopping for fruits and vegetables, use at least three senses: sight, touch, and smell. DR. JOHN LA PUMA Theyre not going to eat it, no matter how healthy it is, if it doesnt taste good. SAM KAAS When you grow a vegetable yourself, youre less likely to boil it to death.

DARINA ALLEN The quality and quantity of food consumed exerts a powerful influence on work, rest, sleep, and dreams. BRILLAT-SAVARIN Food should feast the eyes as well as the stomach. JAPANESE PROVERB Cuisine is when things taste like themselves. CURNONSKY Texture is an important part of food appreciation. DR. JOHN LA PUMA I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he is unable to have a chicken in his pot on Sundays.

HENRY IV OF FRANCE A happy cook makes happy food. TRES HUNDERTMARK Your kitchen is the heart of your health. DR. JOHN LA PUMA Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. HIPPOCRATES Using your knife and fork can save your life. DR.

JOHN LA PUMA Real food doesnt have ingredients. Real food is ingredients. JAMIE OLIVER The world is nothing without life, and all that lives takes nourishment. BRILLAT-SAVARIN