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Cooking Quotes

"I don't like gourmet cooking or "this" cooking or "that" cooking. I like good cooking."

"I don't like gourmet cooking or "this" cooking or "that" cooking. I like good cooking."

James Beard, American Author

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"So when I do Chinese cooking, I mix everything together, then the kids have to eat their vegetables. They won't have the patience to pick them out."

"So when I do Chinese cooking, I mix everything together, then the kids have to eat their vegetables. They won't have the patience to pick them out."

Martin Yan, Chinese Celebrity

Cooking, Kids, Patience

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"I'm obsessed with cooking shows, even though they make everything look so easy when it isn't."

"I'm obsessed with cooking shows, even though they make everything look so easy when it isn't."

Joely Fisher, American Actress

12

"I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate."

"I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate."

Julia Child, American Entertainer

11

"I just signed to do my next book with Ecco Press, a new primer or encyclopedia. This will be my take on what classic Italian cooking is."

"I just signed to do my next book with Ecco Press, a new primer or encyclopedia. This will be my take on what classic Italian cooking is."

Mario Batali, American Celebrity

Cooking, Press, Will

11

"Actually, I'm happiest in Williams-Sonoma in New York. That's a wonderful cooking store."

"Actually, I'm happiest in Williams-Sonoma in New York. That's a wonderful cooking store."

Blake Lively, American Actress

11

"I'm a homebody, I'd rather be in the kitchen cooking than hanging out in a bar."

"I'm a homebody, I'd rather be in the kitchen cooking than hanging out in a bar."

Milo Ventimiglia, American Actor

Cooking, Kitchen

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"Once you understand the foundations of cooking - whatever kind you like, whether it's French or Italian or Japanese - you really don't need a cookbook anymore."

"Once you understand the foundations of cooking - whatever kind you like, whether it's French or Italian or Japanese - you really don't need a cookbook anymore."

Thomas Keller, American Celebrity

10

"My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of heat as ingredient. Why we don't talk about heat as an ingredient, I don't quite understand, because it is the common ingredient to all cooking processes."

"My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of heat as ingredient. Why we don't talk about heat as an ingredient, I don't quite understand, because it is the common ingredient to all cooking processes."

Alton Brown, American Entertainer

Cooking, Exploration, First, Talk

10

"The secret is to cook the aubergines the day before and let them dry of all the oil they drank in cooking. When you cook aubergine, they eat a lot of oil. It can be very heavy."

"The secret is to cook the aubergines the day before and let them dry of all the oil they drank in cooking. When you cook aubergine, they eat a lot of oil. It can be very heavy."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

Cooking, Day, Oil

10

"I'm fine, and my hips are fine. My false knee is fine. My false hips are fine. Everything's cooking."

"I'm fine, and my hips are fine. My false knee is fine. My false hips are fine. Everything's cooking."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

9

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

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

Robert Stack, American Actor

Cooking, First, France, Language

9

"I have a lot of cooking tools. In fact I have a whole drawer full of knives. Cooking tools, especially cutlery, are my toys."

"I have a lot of cooking tools. In fact I have a whole drawer full of knives. Cooking tools, especially cutlery, are my toys."

Martin Yan, Chinese Celebrity

Cooking, Fact, Tools

9

"Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession."

"Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Cooking, Murder, Profession

9

"A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight."

"A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight."

Delia Smith, British Entertainer

Cooking, Weight

9

"Are you casting asparagus on my cooking?"

"Are you casting asparagus on my cooking?"

Curly Howard, American Actor

8

"I don't believe in low-fat cooking."

"I don't believe in low-fat cooking."

Nigella Lawson, British Journalist

8

"I just get all jacked up when we start cooking."

"I just get all jacked up when we start cooking."

Terry Kath, American Musician

8

"Jennifer Anne had prepared some complicated-looking recipe involving chicken breasts stuffed with sweet potatoes topped with a vegetable glaze. They looked perfect, but it was the kind of dish where you just knew someone had to have been pawing at your food for a long while to get it just right, their fingers all in what now you were having to stick in your mouth."

"Jennifer Anne had prepared some complicated-looking recipe involving chicken breasts stuffed with sweet potatoes topped with a vegetable glaze. They looked perfect, but it was the kind of dish where you just knew someone had to have been pawing at your food for a long while to get it just right, their fingers all in what now you were having to stick in your mouth."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

Cooking, Food, Perfection, Effort

8

"Cook ingredients that you are used to cooking by other techniques, such as fish, chicken, or hamburgers. In other words be comfortable with the ingredients you are using."

"Cook ingredients that you are used to cooking by other techniques, such as fish, chicken, or hamburgers. In other words be comfortable with the ingredients you are using."

Bobby Flay, American Celebrity

Cooking, Fish, Words

7

"Cooking is actually quite aggressive and controlling and sometimes, yes, there is an element of force-feeding going on."

"Cooking is actually quite aggressive and controlling and sometimes, yes, there is an element of force-feeding going on."

Nigella Lawson, British Journalist

6

"I have a cooking show that's coming on that I did in Albany. It will be on The Cooking Channel."

"I have a cooking show that's coming on that I did in Albany. It will be on The Cooking Channel."

Dom DeLuise, American Actor

6

"I sometimes think the chef end of cooking is not the real end of cooking. Cooking is all about homes and gardens, it doesn't happen in restaurants."

"I sometimes think the chef end of cooking is not the real end of cooking. Cooking is all about homes and gardens, it doesn't happen in restaurants."

Delia Smith, British Entertainer

Cooking, End, Gardens, Restaurants

5

"I guess I fell into cooking."

"I guess I fell into cooking."

Bobby Flay, American Celebrity

4

"I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression."

"I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Cooking, Sharing, Expression, Comfort

3

"French cooking is really the result of peasants figuring out how to extract flavor from pedestrian ingredients. So most of the food that we think of as elite didn't start out that way."

"French cooking is really the result of peasants figuring out how to extract flavor from pedestrian ingredients. So most of the food that we think of as elite didn't start out that way."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Cooking, Creativity, Observation, Skill

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