Quotes About Culinary

Oyster, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails!

Politicians cover their mistakes with money; cooks cover their mistakes with mayonnaise; doctors cover theirs with dirt.

while she spread gelatinous Spam on crackers.

I love making Italian food. And coconut chicken.

We the chefs have a responsibility to learn about the chemical makeup of food!

She took a bite herself, and her eyes fell shut as a savory marriage of onion, pepper, soy and a mysterious dash of other spices awoke her taste buds. "This is marvelous. How did you make something this good in a half hour?" "Well, technically, you can reach orgasm in less than a minute, and think how wonderful that is," Marcus pointed out.

If I could eat only one thing for the rest of my life, it would be rhubarb fool, which I make with ginger and a hint of elderflower cordial.

As a rule they will refuse even to sample a foreign dish, they regard such things as garlic and olive oil with disgust, life is unliveable to them unless they have tea and puddings.

I've eaten weird things through the course of my life. I've eaten wild game, I've eaten possum - possum's no good.

The first meal my husband ever made me was a chicken curry. I have never tasted anything so delicious in my life.

The first step in making rabbit stew is catching the rabbit.

A tomato may be a fruit, but it is a singular fruit. A savory fruit. A fruit that has ambitions far beyond the ambitions of other fruits.

Can you imagine founding a cuisine on blueberries? Everyone would be so sick of them within a week, they'd starve to death. The blueberry has no versatility. The country with a cuisine based on the blueberry would be a country of lunatics, turned mad by the unwavering sameness of their daily meals.

In a perfect world all men would be pastry chefs.

There's no diet list I'll follow that would rule out cherry pie.

Women didn't 'learn' how to cook - you were born knowing how.

Exceedingly good cakes.

As far as I'm concerned, progress peaked with frozen pizza.

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star.

Alcohol is the prince of liquids, and carries the palate to its highest pitch of exaltation.

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than he discovery of a new star. Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.

I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime 'associates,' food, for me, has always been an adventure

A whole fresh tuna, a wicker basket of San Marzano tomatoes, a crate of anchovies, great handfuls of parsley... Dozens of new potatoes, still encrusted with the black volcanic earth of Campania, their flesh golden as egg yolks... A pale wheel of parmesan, big as a truck tire... A sack full of blooded watermelons... An armful of mint, its leaves so dark green they were almost black...