If someone else is paying for it, food just tastes a lot better.
When I was growing up, we didn’t have much money. What was important in my house was to have food on the table, be happy, and have our family.
For me personally, fitness is more about a lifestyle. It’s not just about looking good but also doing stunts. For me, it’s a 360 degree approach – whether it’s working out, food we eat, sleeping on time, everything comes together to be fit.
When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food.
I drive a hybrid, moving into an electric car. I only drink tap water, never consume food that’s travelled.
The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that’s what’s happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.
Hash browns are my favorite breakfast food.
I really like Halal food.
Say yes to everything. ‘You want me to buy you some food?’ Yes. ‘You want me to buy you a car?’ Yes.
There’s a camaraderie that comes with this sport, but fighting Anderson Silva is a lot like eating Chinese food: twenty minutes after I do it, I’m going to want to do it again.
I really enjoy being vulnerable, and it’s how I connect with other people, and part of how I do that is through food, by sharing something that I feel is very intimate and personal because it’s something that I create out of nothing.
Only the French people say French food is the finest cuisine in the world. If you ask anyone else, they will tell you the best food in the world is Italian.
Include ample fruits and vegetables in your diet and no fried or oily food.
I eat the basic food groups: fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy, good fats and oils. I do have butter on my bread because it’s delicious. I eat meat, especially chicken, sparingly, because I’m not a good cook.
If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?
What people want is their basic needs. So I’m trying to help people ensure their basic need: that means food security, healthcare, education, and job opportunity and a better life.
Our food pyramid, the kind of diet that is constantly promoted, is completely warped. It’s not based around anything to do with healing your body.
Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.
Nature is a numbers game. We need all the support we can get as our immune systems and health are under assault from pollution, stress, contaminated food and age-related diseases as our lifespans increase.
I always encourage people to get out there, travel the world, see new things, experience new people, experience new food, experience new culture. What happens is that helps you to grow and be your best self.
There is really no room in any healthy diet for trans fat, artificial sweeteners, and artificial colors in food.
My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she’d come out with the best food. Then she’d sit at the table and she wouldn’t eat!
I taped my first series for PBS in 1982 at WJCT-TV in Jacksonville, Florida. The show, called ‘Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pepin,’ was about saving time and money in the kitchen – and it was a celebration of simple and unpretentious food.
Organic is loaded with a sense of rightness, with a set of rules. I would much rather someone bought food that was local and sustainable but not organic than bought organic food that had to be shipped across the world.
My cousin owns restaurants, and I used to work in his restaurants with his chef. I’ve always liked food, and I’ve always been interested in cooking and stuff like that.
