42 Quotes by Damaris Phillips

There are tons of vitamins and minerals you'll get in plant-based foods that are not soluble if you don't eat fat.

My favorite way to cook is to look in my cabinets and see what I have. That's the most fun. 'I don't have tomatoes, but I have this chili-garlic sauce from the Asian grocery store. Let's throw that in there and see how it affects my beef barley soup!'

Part of being a really good chef or cook is being able to fix disasters.

I make my food in such a way that people can eat it every single day. My dad passed away from a heart attack, so it's always been very important for me to make food I love, the food we made growing up, but in a way that it won't be harmful to my body or to the people I love. Just as long as it's not boring. It has to be flavorful and delicious.

I would like to help people cook more.

I'd like to see kids learning to cook and families sitting down to dinner together.

I really would like to help people get back into the kitchen.

I hope to use food as a way to connect with people.

Growing up, our meals consisted primarily of vegetables, and then we had small amounts of meat.