Laos is a country where everything is eaten. When I came back, I would find myself chopping parsley and thinking: 'Why am I throwing these stems away? They're perfectly edible.'
From Ruth Reichl
My idea of good living is not about eating high on the hog. Rather, to me, good living means understanding how food connects us to the earth.
M. F. K. Fisher was a wonder and a huge influence, and someone I got to know pretty well at the end of her life.
We in America have gotten addicted to cheap food. The result of that is antibiotic-laden fish, foods that are bred to be portable.
One of the effects of cheap food is, we have food that is so unsatisfactory. We need to go back to flavor.
I love breakfast, and I don't see any reason it has to be cereal and eggs and toast.
For me, cooking is a way to try and please people and tell them I love them. When I fall in love with someone, I want to feed them as well.
You can be a decent critic if you know about food, but to be a really good one, you need to know about life.
I was in Berkeley when the food energy in America was in Berkeley. Then it moved to Los Angeles, and I went to Los Angeles. It moved to New York, and I went there.
The implications of Americans devoting their lives to fast food are more profound than the fact that our kids aren't eating well. There are real repercussions that we need to know about and think about.
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