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Top 25 James Beard Quotes (2024 Update)

James Beard Quote: “Good cheese needs good companions.”

1. “Good cheese needs good companions.”

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James Beard Quote: “The only thing that will make a souffle fall is if it knows you’re afraid of it.”

2. “The only thing that will make a souffle fall is if it knows you’re afraid of it.”

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James Beard Quote: “Good bread and good butter go together. They are one of the perfect marriages in gastronomy, and they never fail to cheer me.”

3. “Good bread and good butter go together. They are one of the perfect marriages in gastronomy, and they never fail to cheer me.”

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James Beard Quote: “Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts.”

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

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James Beard Quote: “Like the theater, offering food and hospitality to people is a matter of showmanship, and no matter how simple the performance, unless you do it well, with love and originality, you have a flop on your hands.”

5. “Like the theater, offering food and hospitality to people is a matter of showmanship, and no matter how simple the performance, unless you do it well, with love and originality, you have a flop on your hands.”

— James Beard

James Beard Quote: “The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it.”

6. “The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it.”

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James Beard Quote: “Nothing is quite as intoxicating as the smell of bacon frying in the morning, save perhaps the smell of coffee brewing.”

7. “Nothing is quite as intoxicating as the smell of bacon frying in the morning, save perhaps the smell of coffee brewing.”

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James Beard Quote: “It is true thrift to use the best ingredients available and to waste nothing.”

8. “It is true thrift to use the best ingredients available and to waste nothing.”

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James Beard Quote: “Too many simple green salads suffer from a lack of imagination.”

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

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James Beard Quote: “There is absolutely no substitute for the best. Good food cannot be made of inferior ingredients masked with high flavor. It is true thrift to use the best ingredients available and to waste nothing.”

10. “There is absolutely no substitute for the best. Good food cannot be made of inferior ingredients masked with high flavor. It is true thrift to use the best ingredients available and to waste nothing.”

— James Beard

James Beard Quote: “I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find.”

11. “I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find.”

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James Beard Quote: “I have had, in my time, memorable meals of scrambled eggs with fresh truffles, scrambled eggs with caviar and other glamorous things, but to me, there are few things as magnificent as scrambled eggs, pure and simple, perfectly cooked and perfectly seasoned.”

12. “I have had, in my time, memorable meals of scrambled eggs with fresh truffles, scrambled eggs with caviar and other glamorous things, but to me, there are few things as magnificent as scrambled eggs, pure and simple, perfectly cooked and perfectly seasoned.”

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James Beard Quote: “If I had to narrow my choice of meats down to one for the rest of my life, I am quite certain that meat would be pork.”

13. “If I had to narrow my choice of meats down to one for the rest of my life, I am quite certain that meat would be pork.”

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James Beard Quote: “Be simple. Be honest. Don’t overcook and don’t undercook, but it’s better to undercook than overcook.”

14. “Be simple. Be honest. Don’t overcook and don’t undercook, but it’s better to undercook than overcook.”

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James Beard Quote: “Hands are our earliest tools. Cooking starts with the hands which are so sensitive that when they touch something they transmit messages to your brain about texture and temperature.”

15. “Hands are our earliest tools. Cooking starts with the hands which are so sensitive that when they touch something they transmit messages to your brain about texture and temperature.”

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James Beard Quote: “Taste every time you cook, and take nothing for granted – not even your own palate, for it can change. Mine has... Since doing time on a salt-free diet, I approach a plain baked potato reverently. Maybe I’ve been missing the truth – the nutty, delicate earthiness of a perfect baked potato. Salt only masks it. In a fancy mood, I heighten it with caviar; in a plain mood, I just give it several grinds of fresh black pepper.”

16. “Taste every time you cook, and take nothing for granted – not even your own palate, for it can change. Mine has... Since doing time on a salt-free diet, I approach a plain baked potato reverently. Maybe I’ve been missing the truth – the nutty, delicate earthiness of a perfect baked potato. Salt only masks it. In a fancy mood, I heighten it with caviar; in a plain mood, I just give it several grinds of fresh black pepper.”

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James Beard Quote: “I’m going to break one of the rules of the trade here. I’m going to tell you some of the secrets of improvisation. Just remember – it’s always a good idea to follow the directions exactly the first time you try a recipe. But from then on, you’re on your own.”

17. “I’m going to break one of the rules of the trade here. I’m going to tell you some of the secrets of improvisation. Just remember – it’s always a good idea to follow the directions exactly the first time you try a recipe. But from then on, you’re on your own.”

— James Beard

James Beard Quote: “Grilling, broiling, barbecuing – whatever you want to call it – is an art, not just a matter of building a pyre and throwing on a piece of meat as a sacrifice to the gods of the stomach.”

18. “Grilling, broiling, barbecuing – whatever you want to call it – is an art, not just a matter of building a pyre and throwing on a piece of meat as a sacrifice to the gods of the stomach.”

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James Beard Quote: “I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around.”

19. “I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around.”

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James Beard Quote: “I’m really enamored of the potato in all its guises.”

20. “I’m really enamored of the potato in all its guises.”

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James Beard Quote: “If you have never tasted a braised vegetable, you’ll find it is a revelation.”

21. “If you have never tasted a braised vegetable, you’ll find it is a revelation.”

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James Beard Quote: “Goodness, how much there is to learn about food!”

22. “Goodness, how much there is to learn about food!”

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James Beard Quote: “No vegetable exists which is not better slightly undercooked.”

23. “No vegetable exists which is not better slightly undercooked.”

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James Beard Quote: “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.”

24. “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.”

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James Beard Quote: “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.”

25. “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

James Beard Quote: “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.”

26. “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.”

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James Beard Quote: “I am so happy to see more and more people in this country are becoming addicted to cheese.”

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

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James Beard Quote: “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.”

28. “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.”

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James Beard Quote: “In a house without a genuine kitchen, one of the delights of growing up is lost.”

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

— James Beard

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