"Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good." - Alice May Brock

"Food is an important part of a balanced diet." - Fran Lebowitz

"You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients." - Julia Child

"Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie." -Jim Davis

"Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity." -Voltaire

"Red meat is not bad for you. Now blue-green meat, that’s bad for you!" -Tommy Smothers

"When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste." -Laiko Bahrs

"I don't think America will have really made it until we have our own salad dressing. Until then we're stuck behind the French, Italians, Russians and Caesarians." -Pat McNelis

"I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock." -Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

"Food is so primal, so essential a part of our lives, often the mere sharing of recipes with strangers turns them into good friends." - Jasmine Heiler

"If you really want to be depressed, weigh yourself in grams." -Jason Love

"When I buy cookies I eat just four and throw the rest away. But first I spray them with Raid so I won't dig them out of the garbage later. Be careful, though, because that Raid really doesn't taste that bad." ~Janette Barber

"Don't wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty." ~Lora Brody

"Fruit only angers my need for chocolate." ~Jason Love