Top 25 Quotes by James Beard of 36 - Page 2

In a house without a genuine kitchen, one of the delights of growing up is lost.

In a house without a genuine kitchen, one of the delights of growing up is lost.

Growing Up, House, Kitchen

James Beard (2015). “The Armchair James Beard”, p.15, Open Road Media

When I walk into a market I may see a different cut of meat or an unusual vegetable and think, ‘I wonder how it would be if I took the recipe for that sauce I had in Provence and put the two together?’ So I go home and try it out. Sometimes my idea is a success and sometimes it is a flop, but that is how recipes are born. There really are not recipes, only millions of variations sparked by someone’s imagination and desire to be a little creative and different. American cooking is built, after all, on variations of old recipes from around the world.

James Beard

Home, Cutting, Thinking

The roe of the Russian sturgeon has probably been present at more important international affairs than have all the Russian dignitaries of history combined. This seemingly simple article of diet has taken its place in the world along with pearls, sables, old silver, and Cellini cups.

James Beard

Food, Taken, Simple

James Beard (2015). “Hors d'Oeuvre and Canapés”, p.43, Open Road Media

Too many simple green salads suffer from a lack of imagination.

James Beard

Simple, Imagination, Suffering

If you have never tasted a braised vegetable, you'll find it is a revelation.

James Beard

Vegetables, Revelations, Ifs

James Beard (2015). “James Beard's Theory and Practice of Good Cooking”, p.167, Open Road Media

The kitchen, reasonably enough, was the scene of my first gastronomic adventure. I was on all fours. I crawled into the vegetable bin, settled on a giant onion and ate it, skin and all. It must have marked me for life, for I have never ceased to love the hearty flavor of raw onions.

James Beard

Food, Heart, Adventure

James Beard (2015). “Delights and Prejudices”, p.8, Open Road Media

I am so happy to see more and more people in this country are becoming addicted to cheese.

James Beard

Country, People, Becoming

It's foolish to go through life bemoaning the fact that you can't have this or that. Twaddle! You can omit certain foods and still enjoy eating.

James Beard

Facts, Eating, Foolish

James Beard, Hal Kendig (1993). “James Beard's simple foods”, Macmillan Pub Co

I've long said that if I were about to be executed and were given a choice of my last meal, it would be bacon and eggs. There are few sights that appeal to me more than the streaks of lean and fat in a good side of bacon, or the lovely round of pinkish meat framed in delicate white fat that is Canadian bacon. Nothing is quite as intoxicating as the smell of bacon frying in the morning, save perhaps the smell of coffee brewing.

James Beard

Morning, Coffee, Food

What comforted me? That is easy. It was a strong cold chicken jelly so very, very thick. My mother's Chinese cook would fix it. He would cook it down, condense it-this broth with all sorts of feet in it, then it would gell into sheer bliss. It kept me alive once for three weeks when I was ill as a child. And I've always craved it since.

James Beard

Mother, Strong, Children