646 Quotes About Cooking

Wrap fish fillets, sliced veggies, and other quick-cooking items inside foil packets with bundles of fresh herbs and throw them directly on the grill; the steam will release the herb's perfume and flavor anything contained inside the pouch.

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.

Chinese cooking is noisy - a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime.

Directing is like cooking, it's like cuisine. You cannot make a great dish with bad ingredients. I have great actors, and I'm putting them together. That's all I'm doing.

That's something I've noticed about food: whenever there's a crisis if you can get people to eating normally things get better.

Once the meat is through inspection, they can start cooking, and I suspect some of them will be cooking all night.

It smells good, just like the cooking oil.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

They're athletes. They're treated like marathon runners or Lance Armstrong. I spend more time cooking for them than myself.