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You know, I used to think I was a foodie, and then my wife went to culinary school and basically explained to me that I was just a guy that likes to eat.

Well, food's always the way to anybody's heart, I think, guy or girl.

I remember the first time I heard a co-worker refer to himself as a foodie. It immediately irritated me. Was he implying that he appreciated food more than other people? That his love of eating was somehow more evolved than mine? Don't all people love the thing we can't live without?

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.

I can't think of a time in the history of man when food was in excess. We're dealing with the same old problems we've dealt with for 60,000 years.

Food tells you everything about the way people live and who they are.

I think it's important that people know what they are eating and especially to know what their children are eating.

I realized that food was actually a metaphor for bringing us all together. It's about us communicating and being like family.

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.