Comfortable Quote by Marcela Valladolid

An awful lot of people think it's easy to lift recipes out.

— Elizabeth David

I could not be more thrilled to be writing about the recipes I love and think are essential to any novice home cook, professional,…

— Antoni Porowski

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

I've never got on with recipes. Free yourself - throw them out!

— Rupert Friend

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

— Thomas Keller

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

— Jacques Torres

I can't stand recipes that don't have background.

— Yotam Ottolenghi

I don't like to cook by recipe. I like being original, trying out ideas, putting together my own dishes.

— Judy Norton

Whats more important than recipes is how we think about food, and a good cookbook should open up a new way of doing just…

— Michael Symon

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

— Mary McCartney

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

— Mario Batali

For me, whether it's in a book or on T.V., a recipe has to be simple. I have a short attention span, so to…

— Al Roker