The motto of West African cooking is that if the food doesn't set fire to the tablecloth the cook is being stingy… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
There are two ways to look at how life works and how people find their paths. One way is you take your… — Michael Mina Copy Share Image
My dad was in the Navy, so we moved around a lot. That led to me seeing myriad cultures and cuisines. I… — Graham Elliot Copy Share Image
I started cooking 30-something years ago. When I was 14, 15, I was a short-order cook in a snack bar. That was… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
My mother comes from a small village on the Lac de Neuchatel where there is one bakery, one butcher and one grocery… — Suleika Jaouad Copy Share Image
One of the secrets, and pleasures, of cooking is to learn to correct something if it goes awry; and one of the… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
I love cooking. My Italian mother is a genius cook, and I picked that up from her. I make my own sauce,… — Josh Fox Copy Share Image
I think that my love of cooking grew out of my love of reading about cooking. When I was a kid, we… — Samantha Bee Copy Share Image
“A chilled pea soup of insane simplicity, garnished with creme fraiche and celery leaves. Roasted beet salad with poached pears and goat… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
Pastry is different from cooking because you have to consider the chemistry, beauty and flavor. It's not just sugar and eggs thrown… — Ron Ben-Israel Copy Share Image
When I was about nine years old, I announced to my mother that I was going to cook Thanksgiving dinner. And I… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
“I understood that if ever one wanted to live with someone you cooked for them and they came running. But then it… — Nigel Slater Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The white Aylesbury duck is, and deservedly, a universal favourite. Its snowy plumage and comfortable comportment make it a credit to the… — Isabella Beeton Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Just about every children's book in my local bookstore has an animal for its hero. But then, only a few feet away… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Everything I touched in the kitchen turned out crappy, no matter how closely I followed the recipe or copied the cooking show. — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
Even now, when I do a slide show of the Geek Squad story, the first slide is a photo of ramen noodles.… — Robert Stephens Copy Share Image
With wok cooking, you chop things up into little pieces for maximum surface area, so they can cook in minutes, if not… — Jennifer Lee Copy Share Image
Prepared and fast foods have given us the time and freedom to see cooking as an art form - a form of… — Jeff Smith Copy Share Image
Timing's mighty important. In cooking, in life, in love. If the timing goes wrong, you've got to start over. Do it right. — Anya Seton Copy Share Image
The time will come when this luscious golden tomato, rich in nutrition, a delight to the eye, a joy to the palate… — Robert Johnson Copy Share Image
I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and say to myself "well, that's not… — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
Basically, I go to the local farmer's market and decide to what to cook then, depending on what I find. Either my… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
He who finds joy within himself discovers that his body is charged with electric current, life energy, not from food but from… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Mastering the Art of French Cooking... doesn't mean it has to be fancy cooking, although it can be as elaborate as you… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
Be subtle, various, ornamental, clever, And do not listen to those critics ever Whose crude provincial gullets crave in books Plain cooking… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The longer I've looked at these questions, of the American diet and the public health crisis that we face because of that… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
I'm a complete foodie, but I'm a terrible cook. If a guy can get me in the kitchen and we actually have… — Emily Ratajkowski Copy Share Image
According to the Spanish proverb, four persons are wanted to make a good salad: a spendthrift for oil, a miser for vinegar,… — John Gerard Copy Share Image
The soufflé is considered the prima donna of the culinary world. The timbale is her more even-tempered relative. On closer acquaintance, both… — Irma S. Rombauer Copy Share Image
It scored right away with me by being the smooth, fine-grained sort, not the coarse flaky, dry-on-the-outside rubbish full of chunds of… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
It's my belief that cooking is a craft. I think that you can push it into the realm of art, but it… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I often went to bed without supper cause I hated my mother's cooking. So, to go to bed without supper was not… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Chefs today choose to step onto that treadmill where they have to be seen. Every day they have to go to this… — Marco Pierre White Copy Share Image
You know, you've got serious pieces, you've got light pieces, you've got cooking segments, you've got health-related topics, so it's not as… — Katie Couric Copy Share Image
At home, we have fish and greens, fish and greens - maybe salmon steak with curried lentils. No poncy cooking goes on,… — Giles Coren Copy Share Image
I know that some people feel that cooking is time consuming, but cooking is an activity that you can do for yourself… — William Katt Copy Share Image
Cooking classes are a great way to hone your skills, learn new recipes, and meet like-minded friends. Spending time in the kitchen… — Homaro Cantu Copy Share Image
You have to put your partner and family at the top of the list and there must be downtime - time for… — Shirley Ballas Copy Share Image
