Dish Quotes

The ingredients and ideas behind a memorable dish.

One cook insists a humble leek can be the center of a dish; another traces gumbo's thick, layered flavor back to West African cuisine. These are quotes from people who think seriously about what's on the plate, much like Dishes quotes.


There's a running theme of adding "something unusual" to make a dish your own. For more kitchen-adjacent lines, browse Dirty quotes and Dishonesty quotes.