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Cooking Quotes

On family kitchens, music, and the craft of cooking.

These quotes cover cooking as both chore and craft—lessons learned young at home, music that makes the task lighter, and the dream of running a restaurant serving a specific regional cuisine. See our family quotes for more.

Once you understand the foundations of cooking - whatever kind you like, whether it's French or Italian or Japanese - you really don't need a cookbook anymore.

Quotes by Thomas Keller

At 19, I went to live in the Philippines for three years as a U.S. Air Force 'dependent spouse.' I lived off-base in Angeles City and had to haul water for drinking and cooking.

Quotes by Therese Fowler

My husband and I have, in some ways, a non-traditional relationship - especially when it comes to domestic duties. He does most of the cooking, dishes, and laundry, while I do most of the yard work. I love to mow...

Quotes by Therese Fowler

My dad's cooking was magic in the kitchen. But eventually over the years, his personality changed and his ability to remember recipes failed. He became paranoid and thought people were stealing from him, when often he was just misplacing things.

Quotes by Tess Gerritsen

I just get all jacked up when we start cooking.

Quotes by Terry Kath

When it was availed to me that I had free time, I chose to go to cooking school every day, six hours a day, like a diploma program. I wanted to learn something new.

Quotes by Teri Hatcher

I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of the reviewer, because it introduced me to new cuisines and to the idea of cooking as a mechanism for studying other cultures and understanding other...

Quotes by Ted Allen

I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.

Quotes by Ted Allen

Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't want anything to get in the way of. Whether it's a man's golf game, whether it's a woman's cooking. I have a friend who has...

Quotes by Tasha Smith

All those who run away to ashrams, thinking they are doing something great are just performing daily chores there - cooking, gardening etc. After all, the place has to be run.

Quotes by Tanushree Dutta

I quite enjoy cooking. I love cooking for my friends. It's communal, it reminds me of being with family, and it's also a form of therapy; it heals you from the inside out.

Quotes by Tamron Hall

My sister would say I'm a feeder because I like cooking for people.

Quotes by Tamara Ecclestone

My hobby is gardening, I love it, it's my main hobby. I like being at home and I'm very happy being in my house, I love cooking.

Quotes by Susan Hampshire

At home in Ghaziabad, everyone is a pure vegetarian. In fact, when I want to cook non-veg there, my mum shoos me out on the terrace where I have my cooking utensils. I'm told categorically that whatever non-veg or egg,...

Quotes by Suresh Raina

I love cooking. I like to make lasagna - it's authentic Italian-style. I also do a great chicken recipe for a barbecue.

Quotes by Sullivan Stapleton

I make it very clear that cooking and soaking helps to reduce the lectins in troublesome foods like beans and grains.

Quotes by Steven Gundry

The traditional fast food model is built on buying the cheapest ingredients - and that usually means poor-quality, heavily processed foods. But you can use quality ingredients, cook food using classic cooking techniques, and still serve something that's fast and...

Quotes by Steve Ells

When I graduated from cooking school, I went to work at Stars, which was one of my favorite restaurants in the country at the time, and that's where I really learned to cook and to taste food in a discerning...

Quotes by Steve Ells

The earliest recollection I have of being in the kitchen and cooking was in the third grade, and we lived in Germany. And I remember cooking scrambled eggs.

Quotes by Steve Ells

Chipotle is based on a very simple idea: We start with great ingredients, prepare them using classic cooking techniques, and serve them in a way that allows people to get exactly what they want.

Quotes by Steve Ells

Frequently Asked Questions

What different cooking-related memories and views appear here?
This mix covers being pushed to help with cooking and chores growing up, a personal view about the time women spend cooking or getting ready, a wish to open a restaurant serving Parsi cooking, and a memory of cooking alongside future celebrity chefs.
Is there a quote about being pushed to help with cooking and chores growing up?
Yes: "My parents pushed us very hard to work, both in the home, doing chores and cooking, and at school."
Does a quote mention wanting to open a restaurant serving Parsi cooking?
Yes: "I would still like to own and run a restaurant serving Indian food with a good dollop of Parsi cooking - which you can't seem to get anywhere."
Is there a quote about cooking alongside future celebrity chefs?
Yes: "When I moved to Los Angeles, I was cooking with two guys who became celebrity chefs, if you will. I became their sous chef for awhile. We'd go to all the big names in Hollywood."
Where can I find more quotes about food and home?
For more, see our Food and Home quotes pages.

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