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Food is a lens for culture.

I think that food ties us to our community and our traditions, and it's the thing that makes us feel good and connected.

Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car.

I've got tremendous respect for different cultures, for the food and everything.

Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary for people of every background. In that way, we see the growing up of the American food scene: that it's okay to be a regular person and be really into food.

Food is our common ground, a universal experience.

Food for us comes from our relatives, whether they have wings or fins or roots. That is how we consider food. Food has a culture. It has a history. It has a story. It has relationships.

In America, we are engaged in constant battle with food.

Food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, craving and identity.