Done Quote by Guy Fieri

Be sure to read a recipe all the way through before you cook. The time it saves you in the long run is invaluable.

— Tom Douglas

The best thing is when you make something up, and then someone asks for the recipe.

— Mary McCartney

I didn't want to do just another set of recipes. I think that's useless.

— Paul Prudhomme

Once you have mastered a technique, you hardly need look at a recipe again and can take off on your own.

— Julia Child

A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it.…

— Gail Simmons

Read a recipe twice, weigh all the ingredients out before you start so that you don't forget something and start with a clean kitchen.

— John Whaite

Now, normally I do all my research on existing recipes before I start working on my own version.

— J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

On TV, I really try to go back to the basics and break down a recipe until it's very easy.

— Jacques Torres

Prep things in advance so that you don't have to cook everything at the last moment.

— Wolfgang Puck

You don't have to stick with these recipes. They're guides. As I say, they're a way in. Have fun with them. It's an easier…

— Sally Schneider

Don't be afraid to adapt new ingredients into your own techniques, and traditional ingredients into new recipes.

— Jose Garces

Once you have mastered a technique, you barely have to look at a recipe again

— Julia Child