James Beard Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old James Beard quotes, James Beard sayings, and James Beard proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Food is our common ground, a universal experience. James Beard
I don't like gourmet cooking or this cooking or that cooking. I like good cooking. James Beard
A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch. James Beard
Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts! James Beard
Food is our common ground, a universal experience. James Beard
The kitchen, reasonably enough, was the scene of my first gastronomic adventure. I was on all fours. I crawled into the vegetable bin, settled on a giant onion and ate it, skin and all. It must have marked me for life, for I have never ceased to love the hearty flavor of raw onions. James Beard
Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts. James Beard
Food is our common ground, a universal experience. James Beard
If you have never tasted a braised vegetable, you'll find it is a revelation. James Beard
No vegetable exists which is not better slightly undercooked. James Beard
Too many simple green salads suffer from a lack of imagination. James Beard
Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts. James Beard
If I had to narrow my choice of meats down to one for the rest of my life, I am quite certain that meat would be pork.  James Beard
When you cook, you never stop learning. That's the fascination of it all. James Beard
Pasta is always the same, yet always different. It has a comforting familiarity with it's pale golden color and chewy, wheaten taste. James Beard
If you slurp them, so be it. Because the truly best way, the only classical and true way to eat pasta , is with gusto. James Beard
When I come home to my kitchen, I realize it is there that I can best satisfy the eccentricities of my own palate. James Beard
Good cheese needs good companions. James Beard
Roasting is one of the oldest and most spectacular forms of cooking. Originally, roasting was done on a spit in front of the fire. What we call roasting—food cooked by dry heat in the oven—was known until the end of the nineteenth century as baking. James Beard
A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch. James Beard
Food is our common ground, a universal experience. James Beard

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