Quotes About Cooking

If I'm alone, I tend to cook for myself. I do a pretty good job of preparing healthful foods. My go-to is everything in a bowl like quinoa, avocado. Later in the day, scrambled eggs. I'm not a gourmet chef. I cook in bulk very well.

'MasterChef' is pretty good.

If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I cook and cook and cook. I like to be with my daughter. She's 16, so of course I bore her.

I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook.

My daughters think I am a terrible cook, but I try really hard. I would really like to be a better cook.

On the whole, I rather disapprove of cookbooks, except for the literary ones, like Elizabeth David's.

I started cooking when I was growing up in Hyderabad, and I was already pretty decent when I was around seven years old.

I actually surprised myself because I discovered that I am a pretty decent cook.

Typically, you learn how to cook, but you don't know why. We were looking for a deeper understanding of what was happening to our food as we roasted it, boiled it, grilled it, chopped it, etc. And it turned out, as we began to really say what is cooking, what does it mean to cook, there's a lot of science involved.

I ate Bengali food after my parents married and Dad started living with us, in both Willesden and in Delhi for three years, and then we all moved to California. Dad said he could make a really good dal, but I never saw him cook during the whole time we lived together.

The way to entice people into cooking is to cook delicious things.

I make the best eggplant parmigiana. Except maybe my mother. The way she makes it is delicious. If I told you how, I'd have to kill you.

Radishes grow just about anywhere. People think, 'Oh it's just a radish.' But radishes are delicious, and people don't think of cooking them.

Don't be afraid to try brussel sprouts! Delicious and full of vitamin C.

I can make a delicious lasagna.

I don't like it when the burgers are rock-hard; I like them mushy and delicious.

There was a fantastic old shack I used to go to. It didn't look much from the outside but this man was selling the best stuff ever. He'd just take the catch and cook it up with butter, lemon and salt and then bung some chips with it and it was delicious.

On 'Masterchef' I'm always a big fan of the puddings. But I have to confess, as a child I absolutely loved butterscotch angel delight. My mum used to make it in huge bowls. She's one of the worst cooks ever, bless her. The best thing she did was a chilli con carne, and that was still terrible.

Our family is very close and since I'm not one for cooking or answering alarm clocks on the first ring, I depend on mother.

If you're cooking for a woman, make a good risotto and a salad. If you don't have time to make desert you can go and buy some macaroons to have afterwards.

Gooseberries aren't just for creamy desserts and pies.

I will never, ever go on a carb-free diet.

I try to cook more now so I can control my diet and what I ingest.

I grew up on a pretty Mediterranean diet, so that's what I try to stick to.