Cooking Quotes - page 14

Something I learned when I was very young: with cooking, it doesn't matter where you are; you can always cook. You can end up in small village in Peru where somebody's cooking, take a spoon and taste it, and you might not be too sure what you're eating, but you can taste the soul in the food. That's what is beautiful with food. (Daniel Boulud)
It really started cooking when I moved to Houston. I bought a house and got my own barbeque pit. View quote
Earl Campbell
You gotta have good olive oil. You should have a cooking olive oil and you should have a finishing olive oil, like an extra-virgin olive oil. View quote
Emeril Lagasse
When I cook with my son, I might chop vegetables and have fun with different shapes. Cooking is a way to teach kids about other things, like reading or math with all of the weights and measures. There are so many things that are part of cooking that are also very educational. View quote
Emeril Lagasse
Start with a clean grill. Keep it clean by brushing with a wire brush after preheating, and again after cooking. Make sure to oil your grates and your food before putting it on the grill to keep it from sticking. View quote
Emeril Lagasse
My inspiration was my mom. She's a great cook, and she still cooks, and we still banter back and forth about cooking. Growing up in a mostly Portuguese community, food was important and the family table was extremely important. At a very young age I understood that. View quote
Emeril Lagasse
Radishes grow just about anywhere. People think, 'Oh it's just a radish.' But radishes are delicious, and people don't think of cooking them. View quote
Emeril Lagasse
I've always been known for bold flavors and rustic cooking, but there is another side to me. As you evolve as a cook, you understand life and how serious it is. There comes a point where there's got to be a better balance. View quote
Emeril Lagasse
The cool thing is that now that people have made this evolution where cooking is cool, people are doing it on weekends, they're doing their own challenges. It's back to cooking. And it's real cooking. View quote
Emeril Lagasse
It's a very naive idea to think that the chef is cooking everything, and, on top of it, is irreplaceable. That would mean that basically he is the only genius, and there are idiots all around him, which doesn't make sense. View quote
Eric Ripert
Having sharp, great knives will enable you to cook very precisely. Knife skills are essential in cooking. (Eric Ripert)
In a professional kitchen, the idea is to have your cooks not moving much while they're cooking. You want them to stay in the same spot. View quote
Eric Ripert
I am so longing to be domestic,, cooking stew, gardening, hopefully having some children, painting, sitting still in one place. View quote
Eve Best
Look at something like cooking. Now, you would hear a lot about smart kitchens and augmented kitchens. And what do those smart kitchens actually do? They police what's happening inside the kitchen. They have cameras that distinguish ingredients one from each other and that tell you that shouldn't mix this ingredient with another ingredient. View quote
Evgeny Morozov
But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture. View quote
Eddie Huang
Musical harmony is based on physical principles, while in cooking, ingredients must be weighed out with precision. At the same time, you have to be able to invent because if one follows the same recipe all the time, you never create anything new. View quote
Fabiola Gianotti
Cooking for me is a way to wind down. It's different from cooking on camera, where you have to do everything twice, for a wide shot and a close-up. View quote
Giada De Laurentiis
Yoga has trimmed my body in a way that the gym never could. I used to be a gym rat, but I switched to yoga and am now almost 10 pounds lighter. One important thing I've gotten from yoga is breathing. When I'm cooking, the top part of my body collapses down. It cuts off my diaphragm. View quote
Giada De Laurentiis
Talking to other people while you're cooking, it doesn't come naturally. View quote
Giada De Laurentiis
When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking. View quote
Gail Sheehy
Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious. (Gail Simmons)
When I'm cooking for myself, I find that I eat almost completely vegetarian, although I'm not vegetarian. View quote
Gail Simmons
Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill. View quote
Gail Simmons
I do the cooking at home. Where we eat no more than 100 grams of meat a day and have 'tons' of fresh vegetables. I prepare the vegetables with a wide range of herbs, spices and such. We also keep on hand lots of fruit, yogurt and great breads. View quote
Graham Kerr
If I had one piece of advice for people - if they are cooking from the Alinea cookbook, the Betty Crocker cookbook or the back of the box - read through the entire recipe first before reaching for any ingredients, and then read again and execute the directions. View quote
Grant Achatz