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Quotes About Cooking

Pig's tails are not really curly—they merely have a slight bend. They are sold with the skin and a piece of the backbone attached. They add taste and texture to soups and stews.
~ Unknown
She pulled out her phone to take pictures, then picked up the bottle of wine, and looked a question at Daisy. We only needed one cup for the rice, right? Examining the bottle, she asked, Is this wine just for cooking, or is it okay to drink? Oh, that's actually important, said Daisy. Don't ever buy cooking wine at the supermarket. Never, ever cook with a wine you wouldn't drink.
~ Jennifer Weiner
And what do you do all day?" her sister asked. Jo made herself smile. "I cook. I clean. I read. I write." "So you're basically Betty Crocker," Bethie said. "Betty Crocker with a library card.
~ Jennifer Weiner
Chef had made paella, studded with linguica and chunks of lobster meat and fresh clams
~ Jennifer Weiner
stove, and crowd round that. Rainwater is the chief article of diet at supper.  The bread is two-thirds rainwater, the beefsteak-pie is exceedingly rich in
~ Jerome K. Jerome
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apartment, combining Rice Krispies and Planters peanuts and chopped red onion in bowl.
~ Jhumpa Lahiri
He especially enjoyed watching Mrs. Sen as she chopped things, seated on newspapers on the living room floor. Instead of a knife she used a blade that curved like the prow of a Viking ship, sailing to battle in distant seas. The blade was hinged at one end to a narrow wooden base.
~ Jhumpa Lahiri
I love having Phil [Robertson] in the kitchen! Not only is he a great cook, but it means less work for me!
~ Kay Robertson
There's a layer of satisfaction that I get from cooking that is more than the work itself. I think when you're too competitive sometimes you can lose the joy of what you do.
~ Unknown
Being a sport star and a chef both require passion, commitment, work and natural ability.
~ Unknown
When I figured out how to work my grill, it was quite a moment. I discovered that summer is a completely different experience when you know how to grill.
~ Taylor Swift
In recent years, I've been writing because I'm fortunate enough to work in the world of food television, to travel and taste and learn about cooking from the best chefs in the business.
~ Ted Allen
When you're entertaining, and I still haven't accomplished this because I'm always stuck in the kitchen, but spend enough time actually with your guests. It allows you to chill with your friends and be an actual, normal human as opposed to being in the kitchen cooking all the time.
~ Antoni Porowski
Though Nathalie Dupree did not remember much about my presence in her class, it marked me forever. I remain her enthusiast, her evangelist, her acolyte, and her grateful student. She taught me that cooking and storytelling make the most delightful coconspirators.
~ Pat Conroy
One thing that improved my cooking skills was being a poor student in California... If you don't have much money, you have to learn to cook.
~ Diane Mott Davidson
Although oyster mushrooms have been studied extensively and support health in a number of ways, it is also extremely important to always cook oyster mushrooms!
~ Paul Stamets
I studied cooking in Spain after college.
~ Jose Garces
Studies have found that preparing your own food is usually healthier and less expensive than buying fast food. But most people just don't have the time.
~ Eric Schlosser
My mother would never let me in the kitchen. I always wanted to cook, but I was never allowed to. Her view of the world was, 'Cooking is my job, and studying is your job.' I think, in retrospect, she didn't like the chaos. She was very orderly. It had to be her way.
~ Ina Garten
When I was studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse, I would overdraft my bank account and not have enough money to buy groceries. But I also discovered how to cook with very limited resources.
~ Antoni Porowski
I'm lenient when it comes to nutrition rules. I enjoy cooking and baking in general, and I just try to eat whole, clean foods. I try to stay away from processed or boxed stuff - but that's not to say I don't eat that from time to time. I really like making Asian noodle salad and also make soup a lot, like tortilla soup.
~ Kelley O'Hara
For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.
~ Quentin Crisp
My missus likes my steak and coleslaw. My coleslaw's not pure handmade, the cabbage will be ready to go but I'll add stuff to it.
~ Aaron Mooy
One of the handiest features of crepes is that you can cook the pancakes all the way through and refrigerate them, to be reheated and stuffed later.
~ J. Kenji Lopez-Alt