Quotes About Cooking

One of the secrets, and pleasures, of cooking is to learn to correct something if it goes awry; and one of the lessons is to grin and bear it if it cannot be fixed.

Everything tastes better with quite a lot of butter." "We

I used to watch my mother cooking when I was a child; she influenced me a lot.

I shop at the market, and that informs what I make.

I don't show just anyone how to crust a sea bass. That's sacred information.

The secret ingredient to every meal is love. And also garlic.

I almost never make stuff out of cookbooks because they're either too complicated or there's an ingredient in there that I can't find.

I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.

In baking, cooks need to understand ingredient ratios.

Few people realize what a perfect ingredient brown butter can be for desserts. It adds a whole new flavor dimension.

I don't believe I dislike any ingredient.

Cooking at home with fresh ingredients means you know what's going into your food.

When you cook, you take a life. When you eat fish, or meat, you take a life. And you must be very respectful of the ingredients and that is very important.

My aim is to get people excited about eating more veggies and seeing them as delicious ingredients rather than a chore.

It's possible to go to the market, buy good ingredients, and make yourself a healthy meal for less than it costs to buy a value meal at McDonald's.

Simple ingredients can be used to make elegant dishes with just a little extra attention to detail.

I learned to cook because I want to know about the food and the ingredients going into my family's bodies.

I have this concept that I call 'Combo Meals.' The idea is that I start with the kids' meal and then add a few more ingredients, and it becomes the adult meal. This way I'm not making two entirely separate dishes. I'm just simply adding on to what I'm already making.

My two essential ingredients are chilies, any kind, dried or fresh; and acid, whether it's citrus - lemon, lime, yuzu - or vinegars. Food has to pop.

I think cooking has the same creative process as designing, where you have the ingredients, you have the alchemy part of it, and you have the satisfaction of seeing your creation become a reality.

My cooking style is really simple. Not a lot of ingredients, but all good quality, so you don't have to do that much to them.

Cooking is about ingredients.

Food is about the flavours that work well together, but when you've got great ingredients half the job is done for you.

Getting home-made food cooked by mom is a blessing. I feel I inherit my creativity through the food she cooks for me.