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Quotes About Cooking

In order to have good fried chicken, you should wash and season the bird the morning you're preparing it for dinner. Don't wait and do it right before you start cooking. Throw it in the refrigerator, seasoned, that morning, and give it a chance to soak up all the salt and pepper and goodness.
~ Paula Deen
As a chef, I could not wash my hands - nor clean pots, pans, utensils, meats or produce, nor make soups and sauces - if I did not have clean water. Were this to happen, of course, these would be the least of my concerns. Because water is the linchpin of survival: without it, not much else matters.
~ Marcus Samuelsson
I cook and wash, cook and wash. When I am done, the kitchen is like a mirror.
~ Domenico Dolce
I try to teach my son about sanitation, especially when handling foods like chicken that could be dangerous. I remind him to wash his hands all the time. When my son cooks with me, he stands on a step stool so he can reach the stove. I teach him about safety and fire.
~ Emeril Lagasse
In any sauce you make, start with a concentration of flavors with great acidity. You then re-dilute the sauce, but the proportion of liquid you add should not be so high that you wash away the extracted flavor you're aiming to create.
~ Daniel Boulud
When I pick my greens, right, I smile. I smile when I pick the greens, and when I wash the greens, I smile. Then when I cut them up, I smile. And then when I cook them, I smile. They call it joyful greens.
~ Tiffany Haddish
I wash my hands constantly in the kitchen, so they're always dry.
~ Katie Lee
There is enough going on in Olympic year without having to do my own cooking and washing.
~ Adam Peaty
I'm really trying to respond to the foods that are in the stores and just pulling the things that are the very best and cook what looks beautiful and is seasonal. That's the way to go. I love going to the grocery store and the market. None of it's drudgery for me. Washing dishes is the drudgery.
~ Ted Allen
I'm going to be a happy housewife. I'm going to be washing boxers and cooking and doing all those sorts of housewife duties. I just want to be happy and proud of every single day.
~ Johnny Weir
I was given a lot of homework: I had to practise ironing as a synth, practise washing up as a synth, cooking a meal as a synth. It's definitely the most prep I've had to do for a role.
~ Gemma Chan
The other thing I like is spending time with my family. I keep helping mom with cooking. I guess washing utensils has become part of my daily routine and I love troubling my brother as well. It's my favourite pastime.
~ Smriti Mandhana
I am from Spain, but my family and I have made America our home. For the last 17 years, I have been cooking Spanish food in Washington, D.C.
~ Jose Andres
I'm going to miss all the takeout," Jason said later, after dinner, when I walked him out to his car. "Coach said his wife cooks their meals every night." "That's really why you're leaving, isn't it?" I asked. "For real home-cooked meals?
~ Rachel Hawthorne
Are you okay?" she asked. "I'm fine. I'm totally up for going to Bird's party." "I don't think so. Not this late. How could you not see a baseball coming at you?" "It happened so fast." "Are you hungry? I could fix something--" She had to really be worried if she was offering to cook.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
I'm not an amazing cook. But I can follow a recipe!
~ Rachel McAdams
stone. I wanted to try fish gravy—a recipe I'd gotten in Panama—so I was adding spices to flour when Tomlinson reappeared. He carried two photos
~ Randy Wayne White
Tuesday evening while grilling chicken on
~ Ray Blackston
Triple-Citrus Ginger Black Cod
~ Rebecca Katz
I need savory sauces, stews and pastas. I can't live without pastas. My butt, you can tell I like to eat.
~ Debi Mazar
Many a Gallic treat is based on a hearty dose of butter.
~ Rachel Khoo
Men don't like eating out of cans. And I don't like eating out of cans too much, either.
~ Aretha Franklin
I love making pastas and pizzas - carbohydrates.
~ Devon Windsor
A lot of food shows are people wanting to become celebrities, rather than encouraging people to cook.
~ Gino D'Acampo