Learning from others Quote by Orson De Witt

“if god had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn't have given us grandmothers.”

— Linda Henley

The great thing about pastry is there are so many avenues - it's very hard to get bored doing this.

— Adriano Zumbo

“Baking was a science, precise, just mix it all together and let the oven do the work. But actually cooking, she couldn’t cook a…

— Allie Burke

“[Y]ou can't control everything. Anything, really. Like the food we've been making. We can follow the recipe exactly as your grandmother wrote it, do…

— Melissa Senate

It often runs in families," she remarked: "just as a love for pastry does.

— Lewis Carroll

You don't have to do everything from scratch. Nobody wants to make puff pastry!

— Ina Garten

“Baking is...Life. So when you describe what you're making, you must describe life. Do you see? It's not just recipes..”

— Jenny Colgan

“Another one of my mystery skills I can't seem to remember. I really hope cooking is on that list, because I'd like to be…

— Courtney Allison Moulton

When my grandmother passed away in 2014, she left behind some recipes, but nobody stepped forward to follow in her footsteps and become pop-up…

— Chris Morocco

“As I’ve heard some bakers say, baking takes a lot of time, but for the most part it’s not YOUR time.”

— Michael Pollan

“We can't all be bakers or chefs. Many of us have modest ambitions. But we can all buy a piece of the pie.”

— Amah Lambert

“My grandma is very old, and she doesn't remember things a lot, but she bakes the most delicious cookies. When I was very little,…

— Stephen Chbosky