Cookery Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Some simple dishes recommend themselves to ourimaginations as well as palates

— Anonymous

Cookery, or the art of preparing good and wholesome food, and of preserving all sorts of alimentary substances in a state fit for human…

— Friedrich Accum

There should always be some flowering and maturing of the fruits of nature in the cooking process.

— Henry David Thoreau

It is not worth the while to live by rich cookery.

— Henry David Thoreau

There are two classes of men called poets. The one cultivates life, the other art,... one satisfies hunger, the other gratifies the palate.

— Henry David Thoreau

From my experience with wild apples, I can understand that there may be reason for a savage's preferring many kinds of food which the…

— Henry David Thoreau

It is not, in fact, cookery books that we need half so much as cooks really trained to a knowledge of their duties.

— Eliza Acton

“To follow our bliss and dive deeply into the mysteries of fragrance, color, and taste; blend with the magnificent diversity of mother nature; and…

— Prana Gogia

I like cookery programmes: Anthony Bourdain going around the world eating stuff; Rick Stein - he's another favourite.

— Stephen Hendry

Fashion pictures show people looking glamorous. Travel pictures show a place looking at its best, nothing to do with the reality. In the cookery…

— Martin Parr

I found myself back in the sepulchral city resenting the sight of people hurrying through the streets to filch a little money from each…

— Joseph Conrad

Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements.

— Marcel Boulestin