Cooking has always been work.

Cooking is work that is traditionally done by working-class people. The work itself is not glamorous. It's repetitive, and it's a lot closer to…

— Anthony Bourdain

There's a layer of satisfaction that I get from cooking that is more than the work itself. I think when you're too competitive sometimes…

— Paul Rankin

I grew up in Harlem. My grandmother was one of the best cooks around, but the first thing she did on Sunday mornings when…

— Richard Carmona

I'm hungry. Always have been, my whole career.

— Andre Ward

Usually, turkey burger recipes result in something so lifeless and tasteless that drowning one in ketchup (that most perfect and delicious of condiments) doesn't…

— Claire Saffitz

Replacing white flour with whole wheat generally makes baked goods denser, drier, and more crumbly because the germ and bran in whole wheat absorbs…

— Claire Saffitz

Cooking is 80 percent confidence, a skill best acquired starting from when the apron strings wrap around you twice.

— Barbara Kingsolver

Recipes don't work unless you use your heart!

— Dylan Jones

Cooking brings me so much joy. I love everything, down to the execution of the plate to picking out fresh ingredients at the market.…

— Kathryn Budig

My Mom always cooked healthy. Greek food lends itself to cooking healthy.

— Cat Cora

“In the back of the fridge I checked out some stewed apples destined to fester. I examined them closely and reckoned they had only…

— Helen Brown

A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually…

— Mark Twain

Give me a platter of choice finnan haddie, freshly cooked in its bath of water and milk, add melted butter, a slice or two…

— Craig Claiborne

I enjoy cooking, but stick to modern dishes.

— David Starkey

Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the…

— Benjamin Franklin