646 Quotes About Cooking

Food cannot take care of spiritual, psychological and emotional problems, but the feeling of being loved and cared for, the actual comfort of the beauty and flavour of food, the increase of blood sugar and physical well-being, help one to go on during the next hours better equipped to meet the problems (p. 124).

In its essence, a meal is a creative act that has its genesis in the mind of someone who cares enough to plan it, gather ingredients and labor over its creation.

There are some things in life that shouldn't be given so much importance, if they don't change what is essential.

I was lucky to live in the 20th century, when gefilte fish could be purchased in a jar.

I'm making lunch. Who wants pasta?""We have leftover caramelized cauliflower and some cannellini beans soaking," Lois says."There's a chunk of pancetta in there," Benji pipes in."I roasted a mess of garlic yesterday," Andrea offers."Perfect," I say, smiling, the dish coming together in my head.

Rule number one when cooking: never believe the recipe.

A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.

Cooking was magic and music combined. The crack of shells, the hiss of pancetta hitting a hot pan, the metallic clang of a whisk beating the side of a bowl, even the rythmic thwack of a cleaver against a wooden cutting board.

That was my first real experience at feeling set apart. Not only did I not knock them dead, but rather it was I that died...acutely aware of being mutton dressed up as lamb. I exchanged my white tie and tails for a white waiter’s jacket and got back to my proper calling!