- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not cooking every day anymore, and that's the biggest withdrawal. Cooking is honest work. Now I don't know how to measure myself.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
The process and organization leading up to cooking the egg can tell you a lot about the cook.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cooking and gardening involve so many disciplines: math, chemistry, reading, history.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a reason I write articles and go out for good dinners: because I'm better at research than cooking. And there are people who are much better at cooking than research, so it's mutually beneficial for us to specialize.
- Good Writer
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- Nov 07, 2020
A good writer knows that if her style and perceptions are really cooking, she can bring anything off. It's okay, of course, for novelists to depict bland, average families living bland, average lives in bland, average towns. But it isn't okay when those novelists don't outshine their bland, average subjects.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
The cooking standards for Italian food are less demanding than for French. All you need are some fried mozzarella and five pastas, and you're in business.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think New York is truly unique in its singular combination of the quality of both the talent it attracts and the ingredients it grows. There are plenty of other places in the world with wonderful natural resources, but the people who come here to pursue their passions for food and cooking - they are one of a kind.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you are working with high quality products, you can elevate the flavors more by cooking it at a low temperature than you can by searing it.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother gave me a real kick toward cooking, which was that if I wanted to eat, I'd better know how to do it myself.
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Le Cirque at first was one of those general French restaurants in town, which were cooking more or less the same food. At Le Cirque, I wanted to do something different while respecting the foundation of the restaurant. I did that through the menu.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 25 years old when I arrived in D.C. It was just myself and two people who worked and helped me in the kitchen. I was only cooking for three people most of the time.
- Nov 07, 2020