“Bahrainis are better off than many other Arabs. We have a welfare state, everybody gets a salary whether they have a job or not. Electricity and food are subsidized school and healthcare are free. And we don't differentiate between Bahrainis and foreigners. We are very proud of that.”

“What I don't like is breakfast in the morning. I have a double-espresso cappuccino, but no food.”

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

“People will travel anywhere for good food - it's crazy.”

“There's nothing like a home-cooked meal - nothing! When people ask me what the best restaurant in L.A. is, I say, 'Uh, my house.' It's more intimate. Food can connect people in a forever sort of way.”

“Love food and I love to eat.”

“Finishing food is about the tiny touches. In the last seconds you can change everything.”

“Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - a house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.”

“Just because the Americans are so good at rattling out accessible and cheap junk food, nobody looks twice when it comes to their food. But there are golden nuggets everywhere.”