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I was a very picky eater.
I'm an optimist. I'm hopeful.
How we eat can change the world
Eating is an environmental act.
Let things taste of what they are.
Let things taste the way they are.
I try not to do anything that's immoral.
Good food should be a right not a privilege.
I think health is the outcome of eating well.
I'm unwilling to eat food that has been adulterated.
Good food depends almost entirely on good ingredients.
Cooking and shopping for food brings rhythm and meaning to our lives.
We can't think narrowly. We have to think in the biggest possible way.
I know once people get connected to real food, they never change back.
Buy foods from nearby farms and have that food served in the cafeteria.
The things most worth wanting are not available everywhere all the time.
I have a fireplace in my kitchen that I light every night, no matter what.
I'm always changing my work, as there are endless ways to think about food.
People have become aware that way that we've been eating is making us sick.
Grass-fed cattle are leaner. But it's not true that they are less flavorful.
Always explore your garden and go to the market before you decide what cook.
Food isn't like anything else. It's something precious. It's not a commodity.
The problem with living in a fast-food nation is that we expect food to be cheap.
The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way.
I wanted people to come to the restaurant and feel at home, so I put it in a house.
I think health is the outcome of finding a balance and some satisfaction at the table.
Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I can't ask one chef - I have to ask six.
It's a comfort to always find pasta in the cupboard and garlic and parsley in the garden.
A lot of equipment can get in the way of the connection with food, with touching and feeling.
You have to take it upon yourself and preserve and can foods that you'll want for the winter.
To have a basic ingredient that can be prepared a million different ways is a beautiful thing.
I guess I don't really believe in retirement. I believe in shorter days and maybe in weekends!
I used to think that I wanted to be a hat maker, but I don't think that would have worked out.
If I weren't involved with food, I'd be working in architecture. Design is that critical to me.
I really like having someone who knows about food and what goes well together make a meal for me.
I love those tiny little onions in the spring that are so small they're almost like a little chive.
In countries around the world, people spend more money on food because they know how precious it is.
It's about children cooking themselves, growing themselves. When kids grow it and cook it they eat it.
It's around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world.
We have to bring children into a new relationship to food that connects them to culture and agriculture.
I want every child in America to eat a nutritious, delicious, sustainably sourced school lunch for free.
I eat meat, but no meat that isn't pastured is acceptable, and we probably need to eat a whole lot less.
I do feel like food should cost more, because we aren't paying farmers a living wage. It has to cost more.
I used to do calligraphy, and I'm afraid that has lapsed, but I've always been interested in book printing.
I think if you buy from people who are taking care of the land, you're supporting the future of this country.
Teaching kids how to feed themselves and how to live in a community responsibly is the center of an education.
When you have good ingredients, cooking doesn't require a lot of instruction because you can never go very wrong.
When you don't have much money, cooking can be incredibly reassuring. You feel like you're doing meaningful work.
We've been so disconnected agriculturally and culturally from food. We spend more time on dieting than on cooking.
Food culture is like listening to the Beatles - it's international, it's very positive, it's inventive and creative.