I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of myself living in a skip and eating cat food. It is because I am freelance, and I have never had a proper job. I do not have a pension, and my savings are dwindling. I always thought someone would just come along and look after me.

For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable.

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!

Absolutely, there is a connection between food and love. I always say, when there is love in my heart or I am feeling particularly good, the food comes out that much better. And so I think Valentine's Day is a special day.

When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There is more contact. The consumer can know, who am I buying this from? What's their name? Do they have a face? Is the food they are selling coming out of Mexico with pesticides?

All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone to show that you can make mistakes - I do all the time - but it Does not matter.

It is very clear that there is a lot of double standards going on. Should there be a 30mph speed limit? Of course there bloody should. And certainly with kids and school food, kids need to be nannied for sure. So give them a bloody good meal at school.

If you only design menus that are essentially junk or fast food, the whole infrastructure supports junk.

Give your kids a bloody knife and fork and let me put some fresh food in front of them they can eat.

Heads know that failing to invest in good, nutritious food is a false economy and parents won't tolerate reconstituted turkey being put back on the menu.

I want Americans to enjoy food. I want them to celebrate food. I want them to, on occasions, to have big cakes and great things. And I want them to indulge.

I wouldn't say that processed food, ready meals and even takeaways aren't relevant to modern life, it is just that over the past 40 years there are three generations of people who have come out of school and gone through their home life without ever being shown how to cook properly.

The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food. But when Eva walks in, she becomes the center of attention.

Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.

Never eat while doing something else, because you won't get the satisfaction from your food and you'll be more likely to overeat.

Food is not your best friend or enemy.

Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can not abstain from food so the treatment is longer than drugs and alcohol.

You have to find a balance with food in your life - you can not take out food. It can be absolutely terrifying.

While weight loss is important, what's more important is the quality of food you put in your body - food is information that quickly changes your metabolism and genes.

A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher's stall passes as food.