Books Quote by Michelle Zauner

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

What makes cookbooks interesting is to find out about the people and the culture that invented the food.

— Vincent Schiavelli

My approach goes way beyond simply ingredients and techniques. Every dish has to have a story.

— Alvin Leung

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

“What a joy this book is! I love recipe books, but it’s short-lived; I enjoy the pictures for several minutes, read a few pages,…

— Anonymous

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

The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. Without this, it is impossible to accumulate, within the allotted span, enough…

— A. J. Liebling

Food is an implement of magic, and only the most coldhearted rationalist could squeeze the juices of life out of it and make it…

— Thomas More

“Give two cooks the same ingredients and the same recipe; it is fascinating to observe how, like handwriting, their results differ. After you cook…

— David Tanis

I honestly never intended food to occupy so much of my creative work. Food-writing often seems about to plummet straight into sentimentality. I think…

— Diana Abu-Jaber

The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.

— Anonymous

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