"The lion is most handsome when looking for food."
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"I can't stand people that do not take food seriously."
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"Organic farming appealed to me because it involved searching for and discovering nature's pathways, as opposed to the formulaic approach of chemical farming. The appeal of organic farming is boundless; this mountain has no top, this river has no end."
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"Slicing a warm slab of bacon is a lot like giving a ferret a shave. No matter how careful you are, somebody's going to get hurt."
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"Good food is very often, even most often, simple food."
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"The greatest delight the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me and I to them."
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"A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand."
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"Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable."
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"Two words to improve any dish. Ba, Con"
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"An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different."
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"New Orleans food is as delicious as the less criminal forms of sin."
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"Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans ... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit."
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"Good wine is a necessity of life for me."
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"Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness."
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"I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond."
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"The most sincere form of love is love for food"
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"Classic Recipe for Roast Beef: 1 large Roast of beef 1 small Roast of beef Take the two roasts and put them in the oven. When the little one burns, the big one is done."
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"And don't forget music - music in the kitchen is an essential ingredient!"
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"The tomato offers its gift of fiery color and cool completeness."
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"If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it."
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