Cooking Quotes

998 Cooking quotes by 630 unique authors

The oven became hotter and hotter, and Hansel began to sweat. Then a delicious smell wafted to his nostrils. Oh no! he thought. I'm cooking!… — Adam Gidwitz
I would far prefer to have things happen as they naturally do, such as the mousse refusing to leave the mold, the potatoes sticking to… — Julia Child
There’s a temptation in our networked age to think that ideas can be developed by email and iChat. That’s crazy. Creativity comes from spontaneous meetings,… — Steve Jobs
He'd woken up after flying from Boston to Montana to find his da cooking breakfast for them: sausage and pancakes shaped like deer. It wasn't… — Patricia Briggs
Yes, of course. I was on her like, um... I believe that old woman last week we took after she'd burnt down her house cooking… — Abbi Glines
I am in fact a Hobbit in all but size. I like gardens, trees, and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The more you know, the more you can create. There's no end to imagination in the kitchen. — Julia Child
To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating. — Julia Child
You don’t spring into good cooking naked. You have to have some training. You have to learn how to eat. — Julia Child
my wifes cooking is so bad the flys fix our screens — Rodney Dangerfield
If I were an opera singer, I"d have sung you an aria. If I were an artist, I would have painted your portrait. But cooking… — Lisa Kleypas
The heart is cooking a pot of food for you. Be patient until it is cooked — Unknown Author
Better be careful talking about how good my cooking is. Roslyn might get jealous.” The vampire madam let out a soft laugh. “Oh, I’ll freely… — Jennifer Estep
I am afraid of getting older … I am afraid of getting married. Spare me from cooking three meals a day—spare me from the relentless… — Sylvia Plath
Another thing cooking is, or can be, is a way to honor the things we're eating, the animals and plants and fungi that have been… — Michael Pollan
Oh, Rusty, why did you let her in?" Angela said. "We could have just lain down on the floor until she went away. We could've… — Sarah Rees Brennan
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
Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness... — Ted Allen
The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude. — Julia Child
Cooking is one failure after another, and that's how you finally learn. — Julia Child
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
Cooking is so popular today because it's the perfect mix of food and fun. — Emeril Lagasse
Cooking is an observation-based process that you can't do if you're so completely focused on a recipe. — Alton Brown
Cooking demands attention, patience, and above all, a respect for the gifts of the earth. It is a form of worship, a way of giving… — Judith Jones
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

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