Famous Quotes

"I was born in the '60s and grew up in the '70s - not exactly the best decade for food in British history. It was horrendous. It was a time when, as a nation, we excelled in art and music and acting and photography and fashion - all creative skills... all apart from cooking."

Heston Blumenthal on Food

More quotes about Food

• "I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead."

  Oscar Wilde on Food

• "You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans."

  Ronald Reagan on Food

• "It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available."

  Ronald Reagan on Food

• "You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."

  Yogi Berra on Food

• "Beware the hobby that eats."

  Benjamin Franklin on Food

More quotes by Heston Blumenthal

• "I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed."

• "I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed."

• "To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location and the company as it is about the taste."

• "You think about some of the most memorable meals you've ever had the food will be good but it will often be about locating a mental memory and taste is inexorably linked to all the other senses and memory, so ultimately it is all about taste."

• "And I like asking questions, to keep learning people with big egos might not want to look unsure."