Having struggled with food issues and eating disorders myself, particularly when I was younger, I've long been interested in using it within my books.
I was the youngest of six kids, so yeah, feeding myself was important, but it's not like I was obsessed with food growing up.
I fed them every day. So it was a papa that kept food on the table for them. I did that. I did my part.
My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.
There is a diversity of thought and philosophy, diversity of languages and dialects, diversity of political spectrum, and there's a diversity of taste for food. I don't label or characterize Jews in any way.
Give your kids a bloody knife and fork and let me put some fresh food in front of them they can eat.
I realized very early the power of food to evoke memory, to bring people together, to transport you to other places, and I wanted to be a part of that.
As a chef and father, it kills me that children are fed processed foods, fast food clones, foods loaded with preservatives and high-fructose corn syrup.
In every other science fiction series, humans are at the top of the food chain. In the 'Babylon 5' universe, they're in the bottom third.
About 20 per cent of the population believe themselves to have a food allergy and only about five per cent actually do.
I think that food ties us to our community and our traditions, and it's the thing that makes us feel good and connected.
A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.
French culture is known for many great attributes, some of which probably have nothing to do with food, wine, and romance.
In general, I try to eat food without added hormones and pesticides, but I'm not so strict that I won't have a Big Mac once in a while.
Regulation is necessary to protect our natural environment, keep our food and medicine safe, and ensure fair competition and fair treatment of our workers.
Chicken fat, beef fat, fish fat, fried foods - these are the foods that fuel our fat genes by giving them raw materials for building body fat.
In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the practice of spirituality, then you are somehow left in the realm of darkness.
The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity.
But it's really hard to eat good when you're traveling because you see fast food and you want to go to this restaurant and that restaurant.
I basically eat a lot of proteins, and I've been eating smaller portions of food. I try to eat all locally raised and organic produce.
If you think of the ice caps as the fridge of our planet, if your fridge at home died, the food you eat would go rotten, and you'd starve.
