Baroque Quote by Mario Batali

A lot of cookbooks also have incredible food writing, even though I feel like a lot of cookbook authors don't necessarily identify with being…

— Michelle Zauner

Modern cookbooks are marketing tools for chefs. They're in the bestseller lists but no one cooks from them.

— Prue Leith

cookbooks, I found, are intended for people with time to cook - and, surprisingly often, for people who already know how to cook.

— Jo Coudert

One of the things that often frustrates me with cookbooks is that there are one or two recipes that are really good and the…

— Alicia Silverstone

As far as cookbooks go, I think Joy of Cooking is a classic. I've used it over and over again. Julia Child frustrates me.…

— Paul Lynde

The cookbooks I value the most in my collection are the ones where you hear the author's voice and point-of-view in every recipe.

— Anthony Bourdain

A cookbook is not like being an author. It's writing down recipes; it's not writing.

— Grant Achatz

I love cookbooks for completely different reasons. I love 'The Harry's Bar Cookbook' and Marco-Pierre White's 'White Heat' for their feel. For pure learning,…

— Marcus Samuelsson

“I have never aspired to be the greatest cook, but rather the greatest at inspiring others to cook. I believe the best way to…

— Alyce Alexandra

Taking dishes straight off the restaurant's menu and putting them into a cookbook doesn't work, because as a chef you have your own vision…

— Marcus Samuelsson

“Right now I am thinking of writing another cookbook. All cookbooks have a gimmick, and mine will be that it contains recipes that I…

— Vincent Price

A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe.

— Julia Child