“For me, love always means spending time with people. And whenever you ...” — Damaris Phillips Quote

“For me, love always means spending time with people. And whenever you spend time with people, you're going to end up getting hungry at some point - so I bring food.”

“My journey was never hard; it just happened. From the second I held a knife, from the second I was in culinary school, it's all felt too good to be true. 'This cannot be my job, my life. Somebody has to be kidding with me!'”

“I try not to focus on taking things away; I try to add in nutrient-rich foods into the things I eat. I don't say, 'I'm going to take out the fat.' I say, 'What can I add in to make my muscles work more? What can I add into this that will give me the vitamins I need?' It feels luxurious!”

“I'm all about creating fun, new ways to enjoy the delicious dishes left in my refrigerator.”

“I'd like to see kids learning to cook and families sitting down to dinner together.”

“It's always good to update your food. It's always exciting to learn and update new flavor profiles.”

“A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.”

“The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.”

“Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary for people of every background. In that way, we see the growing up of the American food scene: that it's okay to be a regular person and be really into food.”

“If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.”

“Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food.”

“I know how I like my food. I like it spicy, salty, sticky, crunchy, juicy, oozy - basically any dish you know and love, jacked up to a bordering-on-socially-unacceptable amount of flavor.”