Alice Waters Quotes & Sayings (Page 9)

“It's so important to that we go into the public schools and we feed all of the kids something that is really good for them.”

“People have become aware that way that we've been eating is making us sick.”

“Usually, cheap food is not nutritious. You're feeding people, but you're not really feeding people something that is good for them.”

“When you don't have much money, cooking can be incredibly reassuring. You feel like you're doing meaningful work.”

“You have to take it upon yourself and preserve and can foods that you'll want for the winter.”

“I don't think it ever works to tell people what they can't eat. They can do it for so long, and then they fall off. You have to bring them into a new relationship with food.”

“We make decisions every day about what we're going to eat. And some people want to buy Nike shoes - two pairs, and other people want to eat Bronx grapes and nourish themselves. I pay a little extra, but this is what I want to do.”

“English food writer Elizabeth David, cook and author Richard Olney and the owner of Domaine Tempier Lulu Peyraud have all really inspired the way I think about food.”

“Hard-boiled eggs are wonderful when they're really done right. I bring the water to a boil, and then I put in the eggs. And then I boil them for - well, it depends on the size of the egg - maybe eight minutes.”

“We have to understand that we want to pay the farmers the real price for the food that they produce. It won't ever be cheap to buy real food. But it can be affordable. It's really something that we need to understand. It's the kind of work that it takes to grow food. We don't understand that piece of it.”