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    Home » Resources » Fun Food Quotes for Foodies

    Published: Aug 8, 2022 by Marianne Rogerson · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Fun Food Quotes for Foodies

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    This collection of food quotes will inspire you, entertain you, make you laugh - and yes, probably make you hungry!

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    Are you looking for some good food quotes? I've got you covered.

    Whether they are inspirational quotes about food, funny quotes, quotes from famous chefs, actors or historical figures, these quotes all have one thing in common - they are all about food!

    Whether you are looking for ideas to add to your instagram posts, share on social media or just entertain your friends, here I share some of my favourite food quotes.

    Funny Food Quotes

    "A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand." - Barbara Johnson

    "My mom made me two dishes: take it or leave it." – Stephen Wright

    "My weaknesses have always been food and men – in that order." – Dolly Parton

    "I really don’t think I need buns of steel. I’d be happy with buns of cinnamon." - Ellen DeGeneres

    "After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations." - Oscar Wilde

    Funny food quote

    "My doctor told me I had to stop throwing intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people." – Orson Welles

    "Great food is like great sex. The more you have the more you want." – Gael Greene

    "Nothing helps scenery like bacon and eggs." - Mark Twain

    "Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart." ―Erma Bombeck

    Inspirational Food Quotes

    “No one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.” - Julia Child

    "A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring the soul to the recipe." - Thomas Keller

    “I want them to bite into a cookie, and think of me, and smile. Food is love. Food has a power. I knew it in my mind, but now I know it in my heart.” - Jael McHenry

    "There is no sincerer love than the love of food. "– George Bernard Shaw

    "I realized very early the power of food to evoke memory, to bring people together, to transport you to other places, and I wanted to be a part of that." - José Andrés Puerta

    Quote about cooking

    One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if not has not dined well. – Virginia Woolf

    To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location, and the company as it is about the taste. – Heston Blumenthal

    "Laughter is brightest where food is best." - Irish Proverb

    "Food may be essential as fuel for the body, but good food is fuel for the soul." - Malcolm Forbes

    "Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast." - Oscar Wilde

    Healthy Food Quotes

    "The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful medicine or the slowest form of poison." - Ann Wigmore

    “When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need”. – Ayurvedic Proverb

    "Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon." – Doug Larson

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

    Those who think they have no time for healthy eating will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” – Edward Stanley

    Quote about healthy eating

    “Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.” – Bethenny Frankel

    "The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook." – Julia Child 

    "Life is too short for self-hatred and celery sticks." - Marilyn Wann

    "To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living." - Anthony Bourdain

    “Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.” – Julia Child

    Cooking Quotes

    "Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all." – Harriet van Horne

    “Cooking is an expression that crosses boundaries." - Ranveer Brar

    "The most indispensable ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for." - Sophia Loren

    “Cooking is like snow skiing: If you don’t fall at least 10 times, then you’re not skiing hard enough.” - Guy Fieri

    “If you are a chef, no matter how good a chef you are, it’s not good cooking for yourself; the joy is in cooking for others. It’s the same with music.” - will.i.am

    “Real cooking is more about following your heart than following recipes.” - Unknown

    Quote about cooking

    "Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. No matter what culture, everywhere around the world, people eat together." - Guy Fieri

    "Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy." - Mary Berry

    “If God had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn’t have given us grandmothers.” - Linda Henley

    “Cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking. It’s about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity.” - Guy Fieri

    “The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking, you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude.” - Julia Child

    “Cooking is an observation-based process that you can’t do if you’re so completely focused on a recipe.”  - Alton Brown

    "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

    "Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors – it’s how you combine them that sets you apart." - Wolfgang Puck

    “The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.” - Calvin Trillin

    "Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.” - William Shakespeare

    Eating Quotes

    "Am I tough? Am I strong? Am I hard-core? Absolutely. Did I whimper with pathetic delight when I sank my teeth into my hot fried-chicken sandwich? You betcha." - James Patterson

    "Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner." – Sophia Loren

    "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper." - Adelle Davis

    People who love to eat are always the best people. – Julia Child 

    "You can’t just eat good food. You’ve got to talk about it too. And you’ve got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food." - Kurt Vonnegut

    "It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato." - Lewis Grizzard

    Eating quote

    "One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating." – Luciano Pavarotti

    "He was a bold man that first ate an oyster." – Jonathan Swift 

    "If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him…the people who give you their food give you their heart." – Cesar Chavez

    "First, we eat then we do everything else." – M.F.K. Fisher

    "Snack time heals all wounds." – Bridger Winegar

    "So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being." - Franz Kafka

    "Eating is so intimate. It’s very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you’re inviting a person into your life." - Maya Angelou

    "You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together." - Anthony Bourdain

    "You don't need a silver fork to eat good food." - Paul Prudhomme

    “The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor.” – Chinese Proverb

    Dessert Quotes

    "Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first." – Ernestine Ulmer

    "Always serve too much hot fudge sauce on hot fudge sundaes. It makes people overjoyed and puts them in your debt." - Judith Olney

    "Stressed is desserts spelled backwards." - Unknown

    “Dessert is like a feel-good song and the best ones make you dance.” - Edward Lee

    "I want to have a good body but not as much as I want dessert." - Jason Love

    “Cake and pie may taste like heaven, but you’ll regret them when you turn 37!” – Unknown

    "I've never met a problem a proper cupcake couldn't fix." - Sarah Ockler

    Dessert quote

    "Desserts are the fairy tales of the kitchen—a happily-ever-after to supper." - Terri Guillemets

    "Ice cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal." - Voltaire

    "A party without cake is just a meeting." - Julia Child

    “Healthy eating should not preclude the odd cake. But it’s good to be able to wait: if not for a whole year, at least for an hour or two.” - Bee Wilson

    “It takes forty muscles to frown, and only twelve to jam a cupcake in your mouth and get over it.” - Sarah Ockler

    "I don't share blame. I don't share credit. And I don't share desserts" - Beverly Sills

    "A slice of pie without cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze." - Stephen King

    Chocolate Quotes

    "The 12-step chocoholics program: Never be more than 12 steps away from chocolate!" - Terry Moore

    "Anything is good if it’s made of chocolate." - Jo Brand

    "There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate." - Linda Grayson

    "What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate." - Katherine Hepburn

    "As long as there is chocolate, there will be happiness." - Wayne Gerard Trotman

    "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get." - Forrest Gump

    "When we don’t have the words chocolate can speak volumes." - Joan Bauer

    Quote about chocolate

    "All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt." – Charles M. Schulz

    "I’m pretty sure that eating chocolate keeps wrinkles away because I have never seen a 10 year old with a Hershey bar and crows feet." - Amy Neftzger

    “Don't wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty.” - Lora Brody

    "Chocolate says I’m sorry so much better than words." - Rachel Vincent

    "Moderation, honey, in all things but love and chocolate. That’s my motto." - Barbara Bretton

    "Everywhere in the world there are tensions – economic, political, religious. So we need chocolate." - Alain Ducasse

    "Chocolate is cheaper than therapy and you don’t need an appointment." - Catherine Aitken

    Wine Quotes

    "In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in the water there is bacteria." – David Auerbach

    "I only drink Champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not." - Coco Chanel

    "Age is just a number. It's irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine." – Joan Collins

    "Penicillin cures, but wine makes people happy." - Alexander Fleming

    "Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age." - Pope John XXIII

    Quote about wine

    "Age and glasses of wine should never be counted." - Italian proverb

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

    "My only regret in life is that I did not drink more wine." – John Maynard Keynes

    "Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle." -Paulo Coelho

    “In victory, you deserve Champagne. In defeat you need it.” - Napoleon Bonaparte

    “I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine.” - William Shakespeare

    “Either give me more wine or leave me alone.” - Rumi

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