![Yoko Ono cooking in her kitchen at home, Tittenhurst Park, Ascot, 1969]( "Yoko Ono cooking in her kitchen at home, Tittenhurst Park, Ascot, 1969")
Yoko Ono cooking in her kitchen at home, Tittenhurst Park, Ascot, 1969
While living in New York City as artist and musician, Yoko briefly worked as a waitress and cook for the Paradox restaurant in 1966 to make ends meet. During her marriage to John, they were on a macrobiotic diet. Yoko loves chocolate cake.
“I was a waitress and a cook in a macrobiotic restaurant—the Paradox.” -Yoko (1972)
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“Intuition tells you what to eat. It's dangerous to try to unify things. Everybody has different needs. We went through vegetarianism and macrobiotic, but now, because we're in the studio, we do eat some junk food. We're trying to stick to macrobiotic: fish and rice, whole grains. You balance foods and eat foods indigenous to the area. Corn is the grain from this area.” -Yoko (1980)
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“I don’t eat quantity. I don’t crave for big fat steak, for instance. Just a little bowl of rice and kimchi will do for my lunch. Kimchi is my favorite thing. I eat mostly vegetables. I can’t stand how we are treating the animals. I eat fish off and on. But actually, I feel the best when I am just eating good, fresh vegetables.” -Yoko (2010)
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“John and I wasted 15 years eating macrobiotic and drinking soy milk, when all I wanted was a little half-and-half.” -Yoko (2016)
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“Despite the fact that I love ice cream, and even dream about it, I haven’t had any in years.” -Yoko (2016)
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“I loved being a waitress in a macrobiotic restaurant. I did some cooking there, too. People lined up for my salad - it was very, very good!” -Yoko (2017, Twitter)
