Quotes About Culinary

I think that 'celebrity' and 'chef' should be a permanent oxymoron.

Vinegar even has been mixed with honey;

Fish, to taste right, must swim three times — in water, in butter, and in wine.

Fish, to taste good, must swim three times in water, in butter, and in wine.

Tripes, poumons, coeur de porc, etc., tout cela cuit à la vapeur avec du vin de riz.

My husband cooks fancier food for himself than I've ever cooked on-air. I call him from the road, and he's making champagne-vanilla salmon or black-cherry pork chop. Half of me is feeling unworthy. Not only am I not a chef, I'm not a better cook than my own husband!

I wait for the next opportunity to have something to do with food. If I get rested, my mind just starts creating new dishes - click, click, click.

I wouldn't exactly call it 'cooking' but I can make noodles. That means I can boil water, put the pasta in and wait until it's done.

I was a busboy, a waiter, a manager, a sommelier... like... all of it from a family-run Polish restaurant, with, like, grandmas in the basement hand-making pierogies, to working at Bond Street for a while. I've done it all.

I was a hostess, a waitress, a cafe manager, and a prep chef. For one job, I had to wear a hat shaped like a head of garlic.

From the minute I wake up until I go to bed I think about food.

Since I was about seven, I've loved cooking. I'd wake up at five in the morning and make cinnamon rolls and all these different things.

I like cooking, but I don't think I could be a chef. Everyone from the ground up does terrible hours, whether you've just walked in off the street and you've got no experience, to whether you're the head chef. You can work 14 or 15-hour days. It's really, really intense.

When I walked into the kitchen for the first time, I knew I was going to do that for ever. I was studying my diploma in hospitality, and I just fell in love with it. It was like being a magician.

When I came to El Bulli, right away I knew I was becoming part of something incredible. It was like watching the Big Bang happening right in front of me.

Food is a big part of my life.

I am the biggest foodie ever.

We're always asked the same three questions. If we're on our own we get, 'Where's your mate, then?' If we're in a car it's, 'Where's your bike, then?' And if you're having a meal, we get, 'You're not cooking, then?'

I love restaurants from top to bottom.

I love to try new restaurants and breakfast places I can take my son to.

My husband is one of those guys who just loves sandwiches - breakfast, lunch, or dinner!

Foie gras is a breeze to cook, something that can't go wrong.

I like rice, as long as they let me put my own stuff on it. You can bring me white rice or brown rice; just let me doctor it up.

The first year I lived in New York, I tried a different burger every week to find my favorite burger in New York.