Cooking Quote by Rick Stein

I grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking.

— Robert Stack

When I first went to Paris in 1965, I fell in love with the small, family-owned restaurants that existed everywhere then, as well as…

— Alice Waters

I grew up in France, eating the very best pastries.

— Dominique Crenn

In Paris and later in Marseille, I was surrounded by some of the best food in the world, and I had an enthusiastic audience…

— Julia Child

In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable…

— Sebastian Faulks

I had my first French meal and I never got over it. It was just marvelous. We had oysters and a lovely dry white…

— Julia Child

“I suddenly discovered that cooking was a rich and layered and endlessly fascinating subject. The best way to describe it is to say that…

— Julia Child

One of the things that helped me a lot as I was starting out in my career was that I got myself to France…

— Rick Tramonto

Cooking was taken with such seriousness in France that even ordinary chefs were proud of their profession. That's what appealed to me.

— Julia Child

I went to L'Academie de Cuisine in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and I think French cooking is the basis for a lot of classical cuisine, a…

— Carla Hall

There's so much that can be learned from French cooking, especially really traditional, more modest meals.

— Antoni Porowski

I love French cuisine. From crepes to the variety of cheese and seafood preparations, this cuisine is so innovative and fresh. It offers something…

— Sonali Bendre