Be simple. Be honest. Don't overcook and don't undercook, but it's better to undercook than overcook. — James Beard Copy Share Image
I’ve long said that if I were about to be executed and were given a choice of my last meal, it would… — James Beard Copy Share Image
A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch. — James Beard Copy Share Image
I am so happy to see more and more people in this country are becoming addicted to cheese. — James Beard Copy Share Image
Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts. — James Beard Copy Share Image
When you cook, you never stop learning. That's the fascination of it all. — James Beard Copy Share Image
Good bread and good butter go together. They are one of the perfect marriages in gastronomy, and they never fail to cheer… — James Beard Copy Share Image
If I had to narrow my choice of meats down to one for the rest of my life, I am quite certain… — James Beard Copy Share Image
The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it… If you’re convinced that cooking is drudgery, you’re never going… — James Beard Copy Share Image
Grilling, broiling, barbecuing - whatever you want to call it - is an art, not just a matter of building a pyre… — James Beard Copy Share Image
It's foolish to go through life bemoaning the fact that you can't have this or that. Twaddle! You can omit certain foods… — James Beard Copy Share Image
Im going to break one of the rules of the trade here. Im going to tell you some of the secrets of… — James Beard Copy Share Image
“People are also trying to achieve good honest bread in their own kitchens once again, and that is perhaps the healthiest sign… — James Beard Copy Share Image
Hands are our earliest tools. Cooking starts with the hands which are so sensitive that when they touch something they transmit messages… — James Beard Copy Share Image
The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it If youre convinced that cooking is drudgery, youre never going… — James Beard Copy Share Image
I’m going to break one of the rules of the trade here. I’m going to tell you some of the secrets of… — James Beard Copy Share Image
The kitchen, reasonably enough, was the scene of my first gastronomic adventure. I was on all fours. I crawled into the vegetable… — James Beard Copy Share Image
What comforted me? That is easy. It was a strong cold chicken jelly so very, very thick. My mother's Chinese cook would… — James Beard Copy Share Image
“It is one of the great sandwiches of all time and has swept its way around the world after an American beginning.… — James Beard Copy Share Image
I've long said that if I were about to be executed and were given a choice of my last meal, it would… — James Beard Copy Share Image
The roe of the Russian sturgeon has probably been present at more important international affairs than have all the Russian dignitaries of… — James Beard Copy Share Image
When I walk into a market I may see a different cut of meat or an unusual vegetable and think, ‘I wonder… — James Beard Copy Share Image
I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find. — James Beard Copy Share Image
I don't like gourmet cooking or 'this' cooking or 'that' cooking. I like good cooking. — James Beard Copy Share Image
There is absolutely no substitute for the best. Good food cannot be made of inferior ingredients masked with high flavor. It is… — James Beard Copy Share Image
I have had, in my time, memorable meals of scrambled eggs with fresh truffles, scrambled eggs with caviar and other glamorous things,… — James Beard Copy Share Image
I’ve long said that if I were about to be executed and were given a choice of my last meal, it would be bacon… — James Beard Copy Share
I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find. — James Beard Copy Share
Good bread and good butter go together. They are one of the perfect marriages in gastronomy, and they never fail to cheer me. — James Beard Copy Share
Nothing is quite as intoxicating as the smell of bacon frying in the morning, save perhaps the smell of coffee brewing. — James Beard Copy Share
Grilling, broiling, barbecuing - whatever you want to call it - is an art, not just a matter of building a pyre and throwing… — James Beard Copy Share
There is absolutely no substitute for the best. Good food cannot be made of inferior ingredients masked with high flavor. It is true thrift… — James Beard Copy Share
What comforted me? That is easy. It was a strong cold chicken jelly so very, very thick. My mother's Chinese cook would fix it.… — James Beard Copy Share
I have had, in my time, memorable meals of scrambled eggs with fresh truffles, scrambled eggs with caviar and other glamorous things, but to… — James Beard Copy Share
In a house without a genuine kitchen, one of the delights of growing up is lost. — James Beard Copy Share
I am so happy to see more and more people in this country are becoming addicted to cheese. — James Beard Copy Share
The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it… If you’re convinced that cooking is drudgery, you’re never going to be… — James Beard Copy Share
Im going to break one of the rules of the trade here. Im going to tell you some of the secrets of improvisation. Just… — James Beard Copy Share
Like the theater, offering food and hospitality to people is a matter of showmanship, and no matter how simple the performance, unless you do… — James Beard Copy Share
