Cook Quotes - page 20

I wanted to figure out how long to cook things. I did some experiments and then wrote a program using Mathematica to model how heat is transferred through food. (Nathan Myhrvold)
Cooking is for chefs. Science informs us and lets us cook while knowing what we are doing, but it is not a replacement for the skills of a chef. View quote
Nathan Myhrvold
If you have two steaks, one that's an inch thick, one that's 2 inches thick, how much longer does the thicker one need to cook? It's four times as long. It goes roughly like the square. How come cookbooks don't tell you that? View quote
Nathan Myhrvold
When I was about nine years old, I announced to my mother that I was going to cook Thanksgiving dinner. And I went to the library and got this whole pile of books. I'd love to say it all turned out great. It didn't. But, sort of, from that point on, whenever there was serious cooking at home, I was the one who did it. View quote
Nathan Myhrvold
Pressure cookers are relatively inexpensive, they're in every kitchen store, your grandma probably had one, but a lot of people don't. A pressure cooker is interesting because by pressurizing the vessel, you're able to cook much hotter than the boiling point of water, and still have water be present. View quote
Nathan Myhrvold
The best value for money in cooking equipment, in my mind, is first a digital scale and digital thermometer. They're both about $20. They help you cook so much more accurately that they're both enormously valuable. View quote
Nathan Myhrvold
My best friends are just girls who go to school. They're not in the industry, and we have dinner nights and learn how to cook together and go on hiking trails and the beach. View quote
Nicole Anderson
I cannot cook to save my life. I'm really frighteningly useless, when you get down to it. View quote
Nikki Cox
I do cook whenever the time permits. But my daughter Isha is a much better cook than I am. View quote
Nita Ambani
I love to cook. My dad's a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too. View quote
Olivia Thirlby
My flat in Ladbroke Grove, west London, is in the best building in the world. It's like a commune - everyone gets on - and on Friday evenings I often cook us all dinner. (Oona Chaplin)
I'm the kind of girl who thinks about what she's gonna cook for dinner when she's finishing her lunch. View quote
Padma Lakshmi
Mum doesn't like it when I mention that Dad's a better cook than her. He was born in Spain and spent eight years in Portugal and is exceptional at lots of cuisines. View quote
Paloma Faith
My interest in food really began with a month's cookery course in Frome, Somerset, after my A-levels. I left the course not an incredible cook, alas, but a real enthusiast. Food and cooking is at the core of entertaining, and my passion grew and grew. View quote
Pippa Middleton
I do all the cooking in our family. I'm a utilitarian cook, rather than an adventurous one - I only have about 15 recipes in my repertoire that I rotate - but I love being able to go down to the river and catch a 30 lb. salmon, then grill it on the barbecue. View quote
Patrick Duffy
Gays don't have a lot of testosterone. I'm talking about that they use both sides of their brain. Straight men only use one side. Gay men are very bright, very handsome... they put themselves better together. They dress good, they decorate, they clean, they cook. View quote
Patti Stanger
Although oyster mushrooms have been studied extensively and support health in a number of ways, it is also extremely important to always cook oyster mushrooms! View quote
Paul Stamets
Want me to warm up the sauce?” "Do we do that? I mean, it's in a jar, right? Can't you just dump it over the pasta?” "Well, you can, but it tastes better if you warm it up.” "Oh.” Eve sighed. "This is complicated. No wonder I never cook. View quote
Rachel Caine
I don't know how to cook, but I do know how to bake. View quote
Rachel Nichols
I cook all the time, and I cook all different kinds of things, but never Mexican at home. That's my work. View quote
Rick Bayless
I cook Italian, Thai and Vietnamese, I've always liked to cook. (Robert Cray)
Regrettably, people today don't watch many programs that actually teach people how to cook, so I agreed to do a competitive show that I think will provide inspiration. View quote
Ron Ben-Israel
I was 23 when I learned how to cook; I grew up around the same time. It was precisely then that Thanksgiving started to mean something more. Growing up, Christmas was always about me, and eventually you, when I finally started to enjoy the giving part. But Thanksgiving is always about us. View quote
Rosecrans Baldwin
One of my favorite things to cook is fondue. I'm Swiss. It's a great social meal. View quote
Ryan Seacrest
I'm away so much I've had to learn to cook, and I find it relaxing after filming. I make stews and liver and bacon, and an Italian mate taught me how to make a mean puttanesca sauce. View quote
Ray Winstone