Quotes by : James Beard

A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.

Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest....

I’m going to break one of the rules of the trade here. I’m going to tell you some of the secrets....

There is absolutely no substitute for the best. Good food cannot be made of inferior ingredients masked....

If I had to narrow my choice of meats down to one for the rest of my life, I am quite certain that meat....

The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it… If you’re convinced that cooking is drudgery,....

Food is our common ground, a universal experience.