Anybody Quote by Mario Batali

I wasn't meant to be a cook. It's a profession I accidentally fell into one summer between college semesters while looking for an easy…

— J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

Thirty-five years ago, being a cook was the same as being a used-car salesman.

— Wolfgang Puck

I always loved cooking, from an early age. I kind of wanted to be a chef.

— Caleb Followill

As a child, I first wanted to be a cook because my mother was such a good cook.

— Yves Rossy

I was surrounded by all different styles of cooking and worked in the food service industry in just about every capacity you can imagine.

— Rachael Ray

My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else…

— Nora Ephron

My mom was a great cook so I always wanted to eat and make stuff. I did cooking in 4-H but it wasn't until…

— Anne Burrell

I became a cook so I could cook and tell stories in wacky ways.

— Alton Brown

When I left restaurants, I had to learn to be a home cook.

— Samin Nosrat

I think I could be a cook. Everybody always says I'm good, though I think it's quite gruelling as a profession.

— Edmund White

I didn't harbor a huge desire to become a chef until I graduated from college.

— Alex Guarnaschelli

I am not a fancy cook or an ambitious cook. I am a plain old cook.

— Laurie Colwin