Cooks Quotes

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Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing. — Robert Ballard
As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The Medici family had… — Mario Batali
The Gulf Coast has the potential to create a culinary raw ingredient paradise that smart cooks can capitalize on. — Mario Batali
Twelve-piece cookware sets for ninety-nine bucks are routinely hawked on late-night TV - often by friends of mine. But with a mere five pieces, you… — Mario Batali
You know, when you get your first asparagus, or your first acorn squash, or your first really good tomato of the season, those are the… — Mario Batali
There is a charm in making a stew, to the unaccustomed cook, from the excitement of wondering what the result will be, and whether any… — Annie Besant
Usually I love preparing. It's really the time I prefer, because it's a time of reflection and of possibility of growth - to let it… — Juliette Binoche
Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or… — Anthony Bourdain
I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period. — Anthony Bourdain
I've been really fortunate in that I guess I was hired to do 'A Cook's Tour;' I was already a known quantity, meaning I had… — Anthony Bourdain
'Kitchen Confidential' wasn't a cautionary or an expose. I wrote it as an entertainment for New York tri-state area line cooks and restaurant lifers, basically;… — Anthony Bourdain
I buy smoked mackerel in a vain attempt at being healthy. I do actually really like it, and you don't have to cook it, which… — Jo Brand
The funny thing is that my husband couldn't be sweeter. He looks like this bad boy. He's got tattoos and earrings and a mohawk, but… — Malin Akerman
A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan. — Mel Brooks
The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words. — Alton Brown
Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.' — Alton Brown
I found that if I offered to cook for a girl, my odds improved radically over simply asking a girl out. Through my efforts to… — Alton Brown
Stuffing is evil. Stuffing adds mass, so it slows the cooking. That's evil because the longer the bird cooks, the drier it will be. — Alton Brown
'Outlaw Cook' was a revelation. Folks like Jeff Smith and Marcella Hazan got me interested in cooking, but John Thorne pushed me into the path… — Alton Brown

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