Food Quote by Laura Shapiro

“Cooking was something women did to nourish and nurture their families, whereas for men it was largely something they did professionally to gain money…

— Padma Lakshmi

“Women were all right when they cooked good things to eat. The rest of the time they did nothing but make trouble.”

— Marjorie Rawling

“Cooking was a passion and sometimes a serious art form, to be shared with a select few.”

— Isabel Vincent

“Cooking and eating were growing to irritate her with their relentless necessity.”

— China Miéville

“In that moment, cooking became a greater joy than I had ever known. I was telling a story through the food we created. It…

— John Currence

“Have you ever been faced with the clear certainty that the culinary arts have a great propensity to rendering themselves unsavory?”

— Nicole Sager

“Cooking wasn’t so bad, I thought. In fact, it was a lot like sex. Sometimes it didn’t seem like such a good idea in…

— Janet Evanovich

“She was not only good at housekeeping, she enjoyed it. After her parents left for work and the other children were at school or…

— Toni Morrison

“Generally office and home were far apart, and home was much more important than office. I was not ashamed of valuing my private life…

— Diana Athill

“making sure that “school” revolved around home life, not home life around school.”

— Durenda Wilson

“But somehow things took a sinister turn, and the division of labor came to be understood as the demarcation of a social hierarchy. Women…

— Julie Zeilinger

“Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be writing a cookbook. I never liked helping in the kitchen when I was…

— N.T. Alcuaz