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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.

The Food Network and the Cooking Channel have so many viewers. And, because there's no violence, some of that audience is children. So, I think we have a responsibility to educate parents how to produce healthy meals for their families.

Quotes by Robert Irvine

Writing a novel - unlike operating a piece of heavy machinery, say, or cooking a chicken - is not a skill that can be taught. There is no standard way of doing it, just as there is no means of...

Quotes by Robert Harris

I remember the Food Network when it was first starting out: Emeril Lagasse and all those people who helped make it when it was on a shoestring budget. It actually encouraged me to start cooking.

Quotes by Robert Battle

I watch the Food Network with my kids. We - yeah, I - I - I generally don't admit that, but I love cooking.

Quotes by Rick Santorum

Our citizens are tired of big government raising their taxes and cooking up new ways to micromanage their lives, our citizens are tired of big government killing jobs with their do-gooder policies. In short the people are Fed Up!

Quotes by Rick Perry

I did a show a long, long time ago called 'Cooking Mexican'. It was a studio show as opposed to on-location like the one I do now. Before my first show, I was a cooking instructor, and I did a...

Quotes by Rick Bayless

There's no media training. In cooking school, there's not even manager training. You learn the fundamentals of cooking. Everything else is learning by doing.

Quotes by Rene Redzepi

Fifteen years ago, France was the promised land of cooking. So I looked at a map, found five restaurants and faxed them to ask for a job. Within five minutes, I got a reply from the then three- star Le...

Quotes by Rene Redzepi

I started my cooking 'career' aged 15, almost 20 years ago. At the time it was quite a shock suddenly working 75 to 80 hours a week, without time to play football or other sports.

Quotes by Rene Redzepi

I still cook at home. A lot of chefs I think don't cook at home. But I still do, I love cooking at home, I love having friends.

Quotes by Rene Redzepi

I don't barbeque myself because that would involve me cooking. And whereas I can, I'm not a very good cook.

Quotes by Reg E. Cathey

I like to get where the cabbage is cooking and catch the scents.

Quotes by Red Smith

I'm a new mum who spends her days making baby food and cooking for her man. And I couldn't be happier.

Quotes by Rebecca Loos

I quite enjoy cooking but I'm not consistent. I can't follow the recipe book. If something goes well, I'll never make it again, which is completely stupid. It's a one-shot kind of deal.

Quotes by Rebecca Hall

I am a better cook than I am an actor. If I have any ego, it's about cooking. I'm one of the best cooks... and I cook in any language.

Quotes by Raymond Burr

Cooking is an expression that crosses boundaries.

Quotes by Ranveer Brar

Apparently, in the olden days, nawabs would get bored with their cooks very quickly and throw them out. All of them set up shop in a place called Bawarchi Tola. That's how royal food came to the streets. I started...

Quotes by Ranveer Brar

I've never chased a dream. I believe in living in the present, so I see myself happy and cooking. That's all.

Quotes by Ranveer Brar

You have to respect the culture you are cooking in, yes, but you have to respect the palate you are cooking for, too, and you have to adjust to that palate.

Quotes by Ranveer Brar

Like a musician expresses himself through music and a writer's expression is in his writings, cooking is my mode of expression.

Quotes by Ranveer Brar

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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