Cooking Quotes · Page 43

She knows no difference 'twixt head and privities who devours immense oysters at midnight.

— Juvenal

The first of all considerations is that our meals shall be fun as well as fuel.

— Andre Simon

I always tell people a clean cooking area is a clean mind which is available for the creativity.

— Carla Hall

On how to make an egg roll: "Roll it nice and tight like a blunt."

— Coolio

There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and…

— Robert Frost

My mom's cooking was all about comfort, flavor, and plenty of butter. It was so hearty.

— Sonoya Mizuno

I've always been a foodie. My grandmother got me hooked on cooking.

— Debi Mazar

The avocado is native to the Mexican state of Puebla, which helps explain why it's so popular in Mexican cooking.

— Marcus Samuelsson

Who's that Yorkshire guy? James Martin. I went on his show and I had to phone my doctor while he was cooking…

— Paul Whitehouse

Banquet: a plate of cold, hairy chicken and artificially coloured green peas completely surrounded by dreary speeches and appeals for donations.

— Bennett Cerf

A couple of flitches of bacon are worth fifty thousand Methodist sermons and religious tracts. They are great softeners of temper and…

— William Cobbett

When it comes to cooking pasta, the first essential is to make sure you have a big enough pot: it needs room…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

Growing up, I was always in the kitchen. Even in third grade, I made cooking videos called 'The Little Italian.' Very little…

— Anonymous

“TV cookery is very like internet porn - the overwhelming majority of its audience will never ever get to act out what's…

— skint foodie

Cooking in Japan is regarded as an art, like music or painting. Every dish has a reason, including the garnishes. This is…

— Rick Stein

I do endless chopping and preparing things. I really find that relaxing. I do a lot of thinking as I am chopping…

— Kate Winslet

The dishes of the present day are very light, and they have a particular delicacy and perfume. The secret has been discovered…

— Louis-Sebastien Mercier

The white Aylesbury duck is, and deservedly, a universal favourite. Its snowy plumage and comfortable comportment make it a credit to the…

— Isabella Beeton

“I always wondered why the makers leave housekeeping and cooking out of their tales. Isn't it what all the great wars and…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“I think preparing food and feeding people brings nourishment not only to our bodies but to our spirits. Feeding people is a…

— Shauna Niequist

There's a side to reality TV that is part education, as well. I've seen that since doing "MasterChef Junior," in terms of…

— Gordon Ramsay

Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and…

— Ted Allen

What I love about cooking is that after a hard day, there is something comforting about the fact that if you melt…

— Nora Ephron

“A chilled pea soup of insane simplicity, garnished with creme fraiche and celery leaves. Roasted beet salad with poached pears and goat…

— Stacey Ballis

If penicillin can cure those that are ill, Spanish sherry can bring the dead back to life.

— Alexander Fleming

Cooking is like making love, you do it well, or you do not do it at all.

— Harriet Van Horne

As you get older, you shouldn't waste time drinking bad wine.

— Julia Child

Conservatives claim [Hillary] Clinton campaign involved in satanic 'spirit cooking'.

— Bill Maher

Cooking Tip: Wrap turkey leftovers in aluminum foil and throw them out.

— Nicole Hollander

Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.

— Pliny the Elder

I like the creativity of planning a party, or cooking and taking care of people, creating a memorable meal or event.

— Martina McBride

I don't have many hobbies or talents other than cooking, but I've always been good at figuring out a city.

— Roy Choi

PIE, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion.

— Ambrose Bierce

The real, native South Seas food is lousy. You can't eat it.

— Victor Hugo

At my age the bones are water in the morning until food is given them.

— Pearl S. Buck

Before dinner men meet with great inequality of understanding.

— Samuel Johnson

I want to go to culinary school because I love cooking. One day I'd love to open up a restaurant or cafe

— Mary-Kate Olsen

No rules. Don't be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn't have to have rules. I don't like it that way.

— Masaharu Morimoto

I'm obsessed with cooking shows, even though they make everything look so easy when it isn't.

— Joely Fisher

Pretending you're the host of a cooking show, when you're home alone cooking.

— Anonymous