Cooking Quotes · Page 25

I always loved cooking, from an early age. I kind of wanted to be a chef.

— Caleb Followill

So, if I'm cooking, I'll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff.

— Paul McCartney

Food is about making an interaction with ingredients. If you talk to them, they will always tell you a story.

— Jose Andres

“if god had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn't have given us grandmothers.”

— Linda Henley

There is something in the red of a raspberry pie that looks as good to a man as the red in a…

— E. W. Howe

“Cooking and eating food outdoors makes it taste infinitely better than the same meal prepared and consumed indoors.”

— Fennel Hudson

Remember, you are all alone in the kitchen and no one can see you.

— Julia Child

Said Aristotle unto Plato, 'Have another sweet potato?' Said Plato unto Aristotle, 'Thank you, I prefer the bottle.'

— Owen Wister

It was quite weird when we met, because we were both the ones who cooked in our own groups. When I was…

— Dave Myers

The friendly cow, all red and white, I love with all my heart; She gives me cream with all her might, To…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“In Berlin, I worked from home, were the only other women sat sedately on my bookshelves. They were good company, it has…

— Luisa Weiss

I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines -…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

Seriously, if someone don't like this appetizer, you gotta grab they scruffy ass by the back of their neck and throw them…

— Coolio

“Do not hide who you are. These are a nurturer's hands. Cooking is hard and sometimes painful work, but you do it…

— Amy E. Reichert

All the things that served me as a musician serve me as a cook. Being an artist is about communicating something deep…

— Andi Oliver

You don't just turn on a camera and do a cooking show. If you want to go somewhere with something, you've got…

— Nadia Giosia

“He chopped a garlic, set a pot of water to boil on the stove, and poured a healthy amount of kosher salt…

— Jennifer Close

“Your body is a Temple. You are what you eat. Do not eat processed food, junk foods, filth, or disease carrying food,…

— Supa Nova Slom

I did a show a long, long time ago called 'Cooking Mexican'. It was a studio show as opposed to on-location like…

— Rick Bayless

Dear Lord, I've been asked, nay commanded, to thank Thee for the Christmas turkey before us... a turkey which was no doubt…

— Berkeley Breathed

Even cooking at home, the difference between my wife cooking and me cooking is major. When my wife cooks, the kitchen looks…

— Tom Colicchio

I could make a martyrly claim to having been the victim of childhood enslavement when I report that I started regularly cooking…

— Alice Dreger

“This is something different again. A feeling of peace. The feeling you get when a recipe turns out perfectly right, a perfectly…

— Joanne Harris

Two elements enter into successful and happy gatherings at table. The food, whether simple or elaborate, must be carefully prepared; willingly prepared;…

— Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

I want to make sure the cooking industry becomes more and more diverse.

— Marcus Samuelsson

TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.

— Ambrose Bierce

I don't do much cooking, but one of my favorite dishes to eat is my wife's macaroni and cheese.

— Ice Cube

Just the act of cooking made her feel better, because cooking was life.

— Stephen King

I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.

— Aristophanes

Cuisine has become too complicated - this is about subject, verb, adjective: duck, turnips, sauce.

— Alain Ducasse

When I started to use fewer ingredients in my cooking, I was reminded of the uncomplicated flavours of my childhood.

— John Whaite

Inexpensive and forgiving, kosher salt is fantastic for everyday cooking and tastes pure.

— Samin Nosrat

Kitchens should be designed around what's truly important-fun, food, and life.

— Daniel Boulud

Chinese cooking is noisy - a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime.

— Jennifer Lee

We cannot employ the mind to advantage when we are filled with excessive food and drink.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

For me, I am very much a champion of home cooking and home cooks.

— Samin Nosrat

The glances over cocktails That seem to be so sweet Don't seem quite so amorous Over Shredded Wheat

— Frank Muir

It's about children cooking themselves, growing themselves. When kids grow it and cook it they eat it.

— Alice Waters

In cooking, as in all the arts, simplicity is the sign of perfection.

— Curnonsky

The whole idea is to earn the flavor. No one gives it to you.

— Jamie Oliver