Cooking Quote by Elizabeth David

“I'll cook the water for the pasta”

— Maggie Stiefvater

When an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure.

— Alex Ferguson

Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.

— Sophia Loren

Always buy dry pasta, not fresh. 90 percent of Italians use dried pasta as it keeps its al dente shape more perfectly when cooked.

— Gino D'Acampo

My mother and sisters cooked Italian food, and I never heard of half of the dishes you see in these Italian restaurants. I just…

— Dennis Farina

When it comes to cooking pasta, the first essential is to make sure you have a big enough pot: it needs room to roll…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

My default-setting Italian recipes that I always fall back on are the ones that we had as kids, like spaghetti vongole, which is tomato…

— Tamzin Outhwaite

“Dinner is leftover spaghetti, with meat sauce, warmed up in the microwave. I eat spaghetti nine times a week, every week, and it is…

— Craig Lancaster

“Germany, thanks for the water~ Now I can make pasta again~" -Italy”

— Hidekaz Himaruya

Ask a footballer what they can cook and they always say spaghetti. It is what you reach for when there is nothing else left…

— Giles Coren

I still get upset if the pasta is not cooked how I like it, but I've learned to put things into context.

— Gianluca Vialli

Spaghetti is love.

— Mario Batali