Cooks Quote by Jamie Oliver

Recipes are just descriptions of one person’s take on one moment in time. They’re not rules.

— Mario Batali

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

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

“Unfortunately, in many cases, the rule book goes way too far - it tries to tell people how to be instead of explaining what…

— Howard Behar

I had these recipes that say do this, do that. Who MAKES these rules?

— Emeril Lagasse

You can make real food in 20, 30 minutes, but we've convinced ourselves that it is a rocket science. It's a shame. It's the…

— Michael Pollan

One of the problems with writing a cookbook is that recipes exist in the moment.

— Thomas Keller

I am actually a very good cook (if I may say so myself). I just don't know that many recipes.

— Kyle Richards

The thing with my recipes is, I don't have hours to faff about in the kitchen. My recipes are all 15, 20 minute, chop…

— Jack Monroe

When I walk into a market I may see a different cut of meat or an unusual vegetable and think, ‘I wonder how it…

— James Beard

“Knowing thousands of recipes doesn't feed you, unless you start cooking”

— Leo Babauta

When you have good ingredients, cooking doesn't require a lot of instruction because you can never go very wrong.

— Alice Waters