Italian cooking Quotes

24 quotes from 20 authors

Italian cooking blends heart and technique, and the sayings around it show why the cuisine feels like home wherever you are. This set offers 24 concise reflections from 20 creators—chefs, writers, and kitchen lovers—each capturing a slice of regional spirit, fresh‑ingredient joy, and the simple art of sharing a meal.

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“...fundamental Italian cookery rule that less is more!”

Francine Segan

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80% of Italian cooking is done in a sauté pan.

Marcella Hazan

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I can't stand people that do not take food seriously.

Oscar Wilde

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I learned to cook from my mom. Most of what I ate growing up was Italian cooking.

Steve Albini

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Happiness is German engineering, Italian cooking, and Belgian chocolate.

Patricia Briggs

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“the splendid manhood and womanhood of Italy”

Maria Gentile

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A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something brussel sprouts…

P. J. O'Rourke

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I'm married to an Italian woman, and I used to love cooking Italian at home, because it's one-pot cooking. But my wife…

Anthony Bourdain

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“...among whom the art of living well and getting the most out of life at a moderate expense has been attained to…

Maria Gentile

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I love eating shabu-shabu in Japan - a kind of beef hotpot. But if you're talking about authentic, traditional food, then Italian…

Andrea Bocelli

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I just signed to do my next book with Ecco Press, a new primer or encyclopedia. This will be my take on…

Mario Batali

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“The point is to work with the ingredients, treat them right, cook with love, and create something you and everyone else wants…

Joe Campanale

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“Second, and contrary to what some foreigners seem to think, not every pasta dish should be doused with grated cheese: you must…

Sari Gilbert

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The tradition of Italian cooking is that of the matriarch. This is the cooking of grandma. She didn't waste time thinking too…

Mario Batali

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“Try fresh parsley, basil, dill, and cilantro instead of the dried versions to add fresh, distinct flavors to your dishes (the general…

Joel Fuhrman

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“ Agriculture About one-third of Italy is used for agriculture. In the middle of the twentieth century, half the Italian workforce was…

Jean F. Blashfield

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“Tonight's lesson was a breadcrumb cake, and the idea that so many Italian desserts were less about being impressive---as so many French…

Hillary Manton Lodge

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“What sort of pasta are you making?" " Pasta con funghi ." He watched as she took a bowl of strange, round,…

Anthony Capella

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“So what can we generalize about Victorian vampires? They are already dead, yet not exactly dead, and clammy-handed. They can be magnetically…

Michael Sims

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“The red gravy was the starting point- sauce 'tomate' to her mom, the mother sauce. She grabbed a big yellow onion, two…

Brian O'Reilly

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“Angelina, I adore you...," crooned Louis. Then the New Orleans Gang picked up the beat and King Louis sang, "I eat antipasto…

Brian O'Reilly

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“Gia turned on the burner and reached for a saucepan. She lightly crushed two cloves of garlic with the side of a…

Brian O'Reilly

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“If you tell a guy in the street you're hungry you scare the shit out of him, he runs like hell. That's…

Henry Miller

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“In a frenetic whirlwind we chop and dice and mince, turning anything we can think of into a possible pizza topping, and…

Stacey Ballis

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