Cook Quotes

1008 Cook quotes by 705 unique authors

I daydream about a high school where everybody plays the harmonica: the students, the teachers, the principal, the janitor and the cook in the cafeteria. — Richard Brautigan
Let me just tell you this, Watanabe," said Midori, pressing her cheek against my neck. "I'm a real, live girl, with real, live blood gushing… — Haruki Murakami
Matt: I know you can cook. Meredith: What makes you so sure? Matt: Because less than an hour ago, you set me on fire. — Judith McNaught
I'm pore, I'm black, I may be ugly and can't cook, a voice say to everything listening. But I'm here. — Alice Walker
Poetry is not efficient. If you want to learn how to cook a lobster, it’s probably best not to look to poetry. But if you… — Dean Young
If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep… — Anthony Bourdain
I wonder if I could eat a child if I had the chance.' 'I doubt if I could cook one,' said Constance. — Shirley Jackson
We all laced together—a brothel madam, an English professor, a mute cook, a quadroon cabbie, and me, the girl carrying a bucket of lies and… — Ruta Sepetys
On a Tuesday night they were wed, And by Friday they were dead. And they buried them in the churchyard side by side, Oh my… — Cassandra Clare
You’re a terrible cook. That I’ll grant you. You can’t hold your liquor, either. And you have questionable taste in men. So no, you’re not… — Tessa Dare
a woman's place is in the kitchen...sitting in a comfortable chair, with her feet up, drinking a glass of wine and watching her husband cook… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I know all about you," Char announced after we'd taken a few more steps. "You do? How could you?" "Your cook and our cook meet… — Gail Carson Levine
Margarita was never short of money. She could buy whatever she liked. Her husband had plenty of interesting friends. Margarita never had to cook. Margarita… — Mikhail Bulgakov
Men, she thought, were one of the world's few sure comforts, like a fire on a cold October night, like cocoa, like broken-in-slippers. Their clumsy… — Joe Hill
Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to. Stay home on New Year's Eve if that's what… — Susan Cain
Woman: You certainly know the way to a man's heart. Mae West: Funny, too, 'cause I don't know how to cook. — Mae West
What's up?" Christian asked. "Need some hairstyling tips?" "Tips you stole from me? No thanks. But I hear you've got a really good bacon meatloaf… — Richelle Mead
A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe. — Thomas Keller
Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook. — Ambrose Bierce
I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make.... Usually one's cooking is better than one thinks… — Julia Child
Of course I made many boo-boos. At first this broke my heart, but then I came to understand that learning how to fix one's mistakes,… — Julia Child
Half the cookbooks tell you how to cook the food and the other half tell you how to avoid eating it. — Andy Rooney
No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice… — Laurie Colwin
Cooking is at once one of the simplest and most gratifying of the arts, but to cook well one must love and respect food. — Craig Claiborne
A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness. — Elsa Schiaparelli

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