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Quotes About Ingredients

When you have good ingredients, cooking doesn't require a lot of instruction because you can never go very wrong.
~ Alice Waters
Research is especially important when we're deciding on a new menu.
~ Ayesha Takia
Open your refrigerator, your freezer, your kitchen cupboards, and look at the labels on your food. You'll find 'natural flavor' or 'artificial flavor' in just about every list of ingredients. The similarities between these two broad categories are far more significant than the differences.
~ David Chang
For me the best food in the world is New British. It's quite classical cooking with really simple but good-quality ingredients. I also like top-end restaurants and pub grub done well.
~ Prue Leith
I was raised in the Pacific Islands, so I remember picking fruit every morning for breakfast or collecting the eggs from the chickens in the garden. It was a very simple life, but we had all of these fresh ingredients on our doorstep.
~ Monica Galetti
Salad can get a bad rap. People think of bland and watery iceberg lettuce, but in fact, salads are an art form, from the simplest rendition to a colorful kitchen-sink approach.
~ Marcus Samuelsson
Baking can be done with a few simple ingredients, so it's about simplicity and nostalgia - people are reminded of their childhood.
~ Paul Hollywood
The key to a good meal is simplicity and the right seasoning.
~ Buddy Valastro
I pictured a section of the ladies' auxiliary cookbook for Sudden Death Quick Snacks... Using ingredients one could keep on the pantry shelf in the event of tragedy.
~ Sue Grafton
There was a rhythm to the process. First, a pot of equal parts water and milk was put on the hob. To this, Camellia added a few spoons of Assamese tea, two slices of ginger, and a fistful of fresh lemongrass leaves and mint. After arriving at a gentle boil, a tablespoon of sugar went in, and the brew cooked for five minutes.
~ Sujata Massey
Of pumpkins and parsnips and walnut tree chips.
~ Susan Cheever
She hadn't wanted to make plain cinnamon cookies. She'd wanted to blend in ginger and try something fun like rosewater. She'd thought about going to the market and buying fresh spring vegetables, then making a red wine risotto with the crunchy, delicious vegetables served with a perfect roasted chicken stuffed with garlic and spices.
~ Susan Mallery
Antonio was fascinated by Isabel's razor-sharp knives from Japan. He made 'kia' sounds like a karate expert as he sliced the tomatoes and added them to the pan. there were some unexpected ingredients, things Tess would never dream of putting in tomato sauce- whole star anise, a vanilla bean split down the middle, a sprinkling of sugar, a sprig of thyme and bay leaves from the herb garden.
~ Susan Wiggs
cup softened sweet butter 1 small (3-ounce) stick of softened cream cheese 1¼ cup flour a small jar of jam—choose apricot, raspberry or apple a sprinkle of powdered sugar Beat the butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add flour, then roll the dough out on a floured
~ Susan Wiggs
You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.
~ Julia Child
You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.
~ Julia Child
I shop at the market, and that informs what I make.
~ Alex Guarnaschelli
I almost never make stuff out of cookbooks because they're either too complicated or there's an ingredient in there that I can't find.
~ Trisha Yearwood
I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
~ Yotam Ottolenghi
In baking, cooks need to understand ingredient ratios.
~ Sherry Yard
I don't believe I dislike any ingredient.
~ Ranveer Brar
I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
~ Ice Cube
Cooking at home with fresh ingredients means you know what's going into your food.
~ Joe Wicks
When you cook, you take a life. When you eat fish, or meat, you take a life. And you must be very respectful of the ingredients and that is very important.
~ Joel Robuchon