“Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a criticism they're passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that's why they got in the business, not because they have an MBA.”

“Food is your body's fuel. Without fuel, your body wants to shut down.”

“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.”

“I always think I am one of the millions and millions of people that struggles with an addiction to food. I don't know how to relax, that's my problem.”

“When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.”

“I have an impressionable palate. A well-worded menu or beautifully presented dish excites me. I get a great deal of pleasure just thinking about food.”

“In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families.”

“I love making Italian food. And coconut chicken.”

“You know most of the food that Americans hold so dear - things like hamburgers and hot dogs - were road food, but even before they were road food, they were peasant food.”