Cooks Quotes

891 Cooks quotes by 638 unique authors

If you are surprised at the number of our maladies, count our cooks. — Seneca the Younger
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
A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop. — Benjamin Franklin
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
It was so hot today that Burger King was singing, "if you want it your way, cook it yourself." — Johnny Carson
But what is work and what is not work? Is it work to dig, to carpenter, to plant trees, to fell trees, to ride, to… — George Orwell
People invite me to dinner not because I can cook, but because I like to clean up. I get immediate gratification from windex. Yes, I… — Carol Burnett
Cooking is not about being the best or most perfect cook, but rather it is about sharing the table with family and friends. — Unknown Author
Nothing stimulates the practiced cook's imagination like an egg. — Irma S. Rombauer
Worship is first and foremost a feasting on all that God is for us in Jesus... [One] in which God is the host, the cook,… — Sam Storms
The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books - how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook. — Andy Rooney
Most beginning writers - and I was the same - are like chefs trying to cook great dishes that they've never tasted themselves. How can… — Daniel Quinn
A lot of musicians are good cooks, and a lot of cooks are musicians, but I think that may just be a result of the… — Steve Albini
Guess what the Redskins have? You know, I take the bus to the games, we park in the parking lot where the visiting team parks.… — John Madden
I love chicken. But, like a lot of chefs and cooks, I get tired of preparing it the same way. — Marcus Samuelsson
My father always cooks more polenta than he needs for a meal. The excess he spreads on an oiled surface and chills. Next day, he… — Yotam Ottolenghi
I live to eat - when someone else cooks for me. — Saffron Aldridge
Everyone tries to compare cooks to rock stars. I see more comparisons to the fashion world. — David Chang
Chef Thomas Keller was an inspiration to me and many, many young cooks like me. He told us that the role of the new, modern… — David Chang
No one asks the cow or the chicken where it gets its protein. I eat about 4,000 or 5,000 calories a day, and I cook… — John Salley

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