--- title: "8 Cook Quotes By Alice Waters" description: "8 Cook quotes by Alice Waters. Plus more from Alice Waters and more Cook sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/alice-waters-3447_ask_whenever-i-want-to-know-how-to-cook-some_222739.png" --- > [Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I can't ask one chef - I have to ask six.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/whenever-i-want-to-know-how-to-cook-something-i-can-t-ask-one-chef-i/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/alice-waters-3447_ask_whenever-i-want-to-know-how-to-cook-some_222739.png) > [We all need to know how to cook. I can buy a chicken and have many meals come from it. Is it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/we-all-need-to-know-how-to-cook-i-can-buy-a-chicken-and-have-many/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/alice-waters-3447_affordable_we-all-need-to-know-how-to-cook-i-can-bu_679102.png) > [The biggest thing you can do is understand that every time you're going to the grocery store, you're voting with your dollars.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/the-biggest-thing-you-can-do-is-understand-that-every-time-you-re/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/alice-waters-3447_biggest_the-biggest-thing-you-can-do-is-understa_1520163.png) > [If Ive gone to the market on Saturday, and I go another time on Tuesday, then Im really prepared. I can cook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/if-ive-gone-to-the-market-on-saturday-and-i-go-another-time-on/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/alice-waters-3447_another-time_if-ive-gone-to-the-market-on-saturday-an_1687074.png) > [Organize yourself so you aren't struggling to shop at the last minute. When you have real food, it's very easy to cook.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/organize-yourself-so-you-aren-t-struggling-to-shop-at-the-last-minute/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/alice-waters-3447_cook_organize-yourself-so-you-aren-t-struggli_1780486.png) > [In Berkeley, we built the garden and a kitchen classroom. We've been working on it for 12 years. We've learned a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/in-berkeley-we-built-the-garden-and-a-kitchen-classroom-we-ve-been/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/alice-waters-3447_been_in-berkeley-we-built-the-garden-and-a-ki_2662587.png) > [If I've gone to the market on Saturday, and I go another time on Tuesday, then I'm really prepared. I can cook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/if-i-ve-gone-to-the-market-on-saturday-and-i-go-another-time-on/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/alice-waters-3447_another_if-i-ve-gone-to-the-market-on-saturday-a_2723158.png) > [English food writer Elizabeth David, cook and author Richard Olney and the owner of Domaine Tempier Lulu Peyraud have all really inspired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/english-food-writer-elizabeth-david-cook-and-author-richard-olney-and/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20f/alice-waters-3447_about_english-food-writer-elizabeth-david-cook_2818483.png) ## Other authors on Cook ## More by Alice Waters > [It's a pleasure to talk to the farmers. That's my favorite part, always was. It's really the communication and exchange that builds communities. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/it-s-a-pleasure-to-talk-to-the-farmers-that-s-my-favorite-part-always/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) > [I think if you buy from people who are taking care of the land, you're supporting the future of this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/i-think-if-you-buy-from-people-who-are-taking-care-of-the-land-you-re/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) > [I believe that every child in this world needs to have a relationship with the land...to know how to nourish themselves...and to know how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/i-believe-that-every-child-in-this-world-needs-to-have-a-relationship/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) > [Cooking and shopping for food brings rhythm and meaning to our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/cooking-and-shopping-for-food-brings-rhythm-and-meaning-to-our-lives/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) > [I feel like old age in America is a very sad thing. I have been many different places around the world where getting older…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/i-feel-like-old-age-in-america-is-a-very-sad-thing-i-have-been-many/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) > [It's around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/it-s-around-the-table-and-in-the-preparation-of-food-that-we-learn/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) > [I don't want food that comes from animals that are caged up and fed antibiotics. I am really suspicious of that kind of production…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/i-don-t-want-food-that-comes-from-animals-that-are-caged-up-and-fed/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) > [I wanted people to come to the restaurant and feel at home, so I put it in a house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/i-wanted-people-to-come-to-the-restaurant-and-feel-at-home-so-i-put/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) > [We make decisions every day about what we're going to eat. And some people want to buy Nike shoes - two pairs, and other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/we-make-decisions-every-day-about-what-we-re-going-to-eat-and-some/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) > [The act of eating is very political. You buy from the right people, you support the right network of farmers and suppliers who care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/the-act-of-eating-is-very-political-you-buy-from-the-right-people-you/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) > [I think health is the outcome of finding a balance and some satisfaction at the table.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/i-think-health-is-the-outcome-of-finding-a-balance-and-some/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) > [I eat meat, but no meat that isn't pastured is acceptable, and we probably need to eat a whole lot less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/i-eat-meat-but-no-meat-that-isn-t-pastured-is-acceptable-and-we/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) > [Food should be cheap, and labor should be cheap, and everything should be the same no matter where you go; whether it's a McDonald's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/food-should-be-cheap-and-labor-should-be-cheap-and-everything-should/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) > [Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I can't ask one chef - I have to ask six.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/whenever-i-want-to-know-how-to-cook-something-i-can-t-ask-one-chef-i/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) > [Our full humanity is contingent on our hospitality; we can be complete only when we are giving something away; when we sit at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/our-full-humanity-is-contingent-on-our-hospitality-we-can-be-complete/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cook/alice-waters/#itemlist", "name": "8 Cook Quotes By Alice Waters", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I can't ask one chef - I have to ask six.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Waters" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/whenever-i-want-to-know-how-to-cook-something-i-can-t-ask-one-chef-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/alice-waters-3447_ask_whenever-i-want-to-know-how-to-cook-some_222739.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/alice-waters-3447_ask_whenever-i-want-to-know-how-to-cook-some_222739.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/alice-waters-3447_ask_whenever-i-want-to-know-how-to-cook-some_222739.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I can't ask one chef - I have to ask six.” — Alice Waters", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We all need to know how to cook. 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