Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery. — Fannie Farmer Copy Share Image
Herbs, and other country messes, Which the neat-handed Phillis dresses. — John Milton Copy Share Image
Cookery is naturally the most ancient of the arts, as of all arts it is the most important. — George Ellwanger Copy Share Image
Women can spin very well; but they cannot make a good book of cookery. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements. — Marcel Boulestin Copy Share Image
[Bachelors'] approach to gastronomy is basically sexual, since few of them under seventy-nine will bother to produce a good meal unless it… — M. F. K. Fisher Copy Share Image
I did an O-level in domestic science when I was at school, but on the day of the practical exam, it was… — Lesley Nicol Copy Share Image
“TV cookery is very like internet porn - the overwhelming majority of its audience will never ever get to act out what's… — skint foodie Copy Share Image
The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
A cookery book should be there for inspiration. Recipes should be a guideline, and they shouldn't be cast in stone. — Marco Pierre White Copy Share Image
“The thing about late-night cookery was that it made sense at the time. It always had some logic behind it. It just… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The problem for cookery-bookery writers like me is to understand the extent of our readers' experience. I hope have solved that riddle… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
“To follow our bliss and dive deeply into the mysteries of fragrance, color, and taste; blend with the magnificent diversity of mother… — Prana Gogia Copy Share Image
If an artist may say nothing except what he has invented by his own sole efforts, it stands to reason he will… — Robin G. Collingwood Copy Share Image
Deprived of their newspapers or a novel, reading-addicts will fall back onto cookery books, on the literature which is wrapped around bottles… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question, and a list… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Ten years ago, TV cookery shows were about a man or a woman following recipes. Now, it's all about journeys and campaigns… — Drummond Money-Coutts Copy Share Image
There are some readers who have never read an essay on taste; and if they take my advice they never will, for… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
I would love to do a cookery show and cookery books. I'm not a professional cook, but I can definitely cook. I… — Shilpa Shetty Copy Share Image
“Cookery means the knowledge of Medea and of Circe and of Helen and of the Queen of Sheba. It means the knowledge… — Anonymous 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
Rice and peas fit into that category of dishes where two ordinary foods, combined together, ignite a pleasure far beyond the capacity… — John Thorne Copy Share Image
Suddenly creativity is the popular goal. Ironically, a quality dissonant with our conventional education process is greatly in demand in adults -… — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
He had been to see Mrs. Erlich just before starting home for the holidays, and found her making German Christmas cakes. She… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
And, indeed, is there not something holy about a great kitchen?... The scoured gleam of row upon row of metal vessels dangling… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding. Have I not tarried? Ay, the grinding; but… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
In lecturing on cookery, as on housebuilding, I divide the subject into, not four, but five grand elements: first, Bread; second,Butter; third,… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
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