Cookbook Quote by Michael Symon

Recipes are important but only to a point. What's more important than recipes is how we think about food, and a good cookbook should…

— Michael Symon

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

— Thomas Keller

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

A cookbook must have recipes, but it shouldn't be a blueprint. It should be more inspirational; it should be a guide.

— Thomas Keller

A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe.

— Julia Child

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

— Grant Achatz

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

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

— Jo Coudert

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

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

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

I've always had a fantasy to write a cookbook, because everyone wants to know what a model eats.

— Padma Lakshmi