Cooking Quotes · Page 31

And you stagger down to break your fast. Greasy bacon and lacquered eggs And coffee composed of frigid dregs.

— Ogden Nash

“I have come to the conclusion that just as the Japanese live to work, Asians live to eat.”

— Anastacia Oaikhena

Proust had his madeleines; I am devastated by the scent of yeast bread rising.

— Bert Greene

Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish - don't overdo it.

— Laozi

There should always be some flowering and maturing of the fruits of nature in the cooking process.

— Henry David Thoreau

It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.

— Miguel de Cervantes

Because I actually like cooking for people, people like what I cook for them.

— Tom Junod

Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, & sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both.

— Benjamin Franklin

It is part of the novelist's convention not to mention soup and salmon and ducklings, as if soup and salmon and ducklings…

— Virginia Woolf

A lot of people think Japanese food is difficult, a lot of work. But you don't have to buy the knife I…

— Masaharu Morimoto

Not only does a good knife make cooking easier, but it makes it safer too. An 8-inch is the sweet spot when…

— Brad Leone

All the home I know is a hotel. Why, I don't even have a dog... I don't know the first thing about…

— Pearl White

Books are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Southerners are the only cooks in the United States. The real difference between the South and the North is that one…

— Gertrude Atherton

The way I feel about it is: Beat me or feed me, but don't tease me. It's toy food; who needs it?…

— Jeff Smith

For me, a very chilled out day would be me on my couch or cooking, sitting with one or two friends watching…

— Ileana D'Cruz

I put my children first, but I always keep my obligations or my commitments. You really have to do some internal work…

— Rachel Roy

“When cooking before, I would just pour, sprinkle, look, taste and add more. Since deciding to write this book, I have learned…

— N.T. Alcuaz

If a song is cooking in the studio, that's great, but if I can imagine doing it on stage, that's the next…

— Chrysta Bell

Although the cooking of food presents some unsolved problems, the quick warming of cooked food and the thawing of frozen food both…

— Chauncey Guy Suits

“My dad: “Emily, this risotto…” My mom: “It’s just delicious.” Gus’s mom: “Oh, thanks. I’d be happy to give you the recipe.”…

— John Green

“She fetched the bowl of sour cherries Sisy had pitted the night before. They would make a lovely jam for the queen's…

— Tessa Afshar

Cabbage as a food has problems. It is easy to grow, a useful source of greenery for much of the year. Yet…

— Jane Grigson

Well, it's one of the things that will. Words are good, and words help us become the leading species on earth to…

— Pete Seeger

I wanted to come up with a hybrid show of sorts that wasn't your traditional 'dump and stir' type of cooking show.

— Debi Mazar

DEJEUNER, n. The breakfast of an American who has been in Paris. Variously pronounced.

— Ambrose Bierce

One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food

— Edna Lewis

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

Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye.

— Gordon Ramsay

When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking.

— Sarah Zettel

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