Cooking Quotes · Page 28

Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.

— Gail Simmons

My folks were farm people from Nebraska, so I like home cooking.

— Hugh Hefner

When the waitress puts the dinner on the table, the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the…

— Gelett Burgess

If compliments were food, I'd have starved to death 28 years ago.

— Erma Bombeck

I love a nice cooking show. It's as aesthetically pleasing as any other thing that tempts the senses, I suppose.

— Janeane Garofalo

The first time I ate organic whole-grain bread I swear it tasted like roofing material.

— Robin Williams

Writing's just as natural to me as getting up and cooking breakfast.

— Dolly Parton

The best reply to an atheist is to give him a good dinner and ask him if he believes there is a…

— Louis Nizer

A Bearnaise sauce is simply an egg yolk, a shallot, a little tarragon vinegar, and butter, but it takes years of practice…

— Fernand Point

This country's gonna be rocking, this country's gonna be cooking, this country's gonna be sizzling, and everybody is going to want to…

— Rush Limbaugh

I find cooking very therapeutic. As a creative person, I relish cooking because it's such a creative process. You can cook anything…

— Shilpa Shetty

France and Britain have large culinary differences, but one thing they do share is a relatively low tolerance for modernist cooking.

— John Lanchester

My biggest challenge is cooking traditional French dishes, which usually require very specific techniques and methods. That's just not my style... I…

— Aaron Sanchez

No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks…

— Laurie Colwin

I quite enjoy cooking. I love cooking for my friends. It's communal, it reminds me of being with family, and it's also…

— Tamron Hall

I am from Spain, but my family and I have made America our home. For the last 17 years, I have been…

— Anonymous

In your actor's heart, you know when you're playing well. Others may not always agree with you, but I'm always aware of…

— Michael Emerson

When I was younger, my dad would cook, and I would never really have it, unless it was something like spaghetti. I…

— Peyton List

“The cooking was invigorating, joyous. For Julia, the cooking fulfilled the promises that Le Cordon Bleu had made but never kept. Where…

— Bob Spitz

“To ferment your own food is to lodge a small but eloquent protest - on behalf of the senses and the microbes…

— Michael Pollan

I am afraid of getting older … I am afraid of getting married. Spare me from cooking three meals a day—spare me…

— Sylvia Plath

“The repetitive phases of cooking leave plenty of mental space for reflection, and as I chopped and minced and sliced I thought…

— Michael Pollan

I've got to be able to get my time off whether it's just enjoying my house or the peace and quiet of…

— LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

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

What is cooking? 'Cooking' is a loose term. It's understanding energy or the lack thereof.

— Homaro Cantu

What can you say about Guy's cooking that hasn't been printed on a packet of cigarettes?

— Willie Geist

I want people to start to think. I always say that: You've got to think before cooking.

— Dominique Crenn

Books make great gifts because they expand your horizons and keep you cooking.

— Emeril Lagasse

The wisest advice I ever received regarding the kitchen came from my mother: 'Do the dishes while you're cooking.

— Lela Rose

If the English can survive their food, they can survive anything.

— George Bernard Shaw

I like food, I like stripping vegetables of their skins, I like to have a slim young parsnip under my knife.

— Stevie Smith

An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.

— Oscar Wilde

Pornography and cooking shows have created two new spectator sports.

— Mason Cooley

I am utterly against those confused Olios, into which men put almost all kinds of meats and Roots.

— John Evelyn

The speed at which I can prepare food during a commercial break is amazing.

— Anonymous

I love cooking. It's what clears my mind, since it's pretty hard to multitask when you're chopping vegetables.

— Katrina Lake

Cooking out the pot, I like my weed for lunch and dinner. Got some cookies in the jar, OG in the blender.

— Wiz Khalifa

Cooking at home with fresh ingredients means you know what's going into your food.

— Joe Wicks

While I'm not very talented at cooking, I am very talented at eating.

— Jens Voigt

All that changing of plates and flapping of napkins while you wait 40 minutes for your food.

— Hugh Casson