He was an innovator, an experimenter, a missionary in bringing the gospel of good cooking to the home table.

- Craig Claiborne

Cooking is at once one of the simplest and most gratifying of the arts, but to cook well one must love and respect food.

- Craig Claiborne

For some obscure reason, some authorities seem bent on making the drinking of wine a ritual more complicated than chess. They have succeeded in inhib…

- Craig Claiborne

I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words.

- Craig Claiborne

Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slen…

- Craig Claiborne

Nothing rekindles my spirits, gives comfort to my heart and mind, more than a visit to Mississippi... and to be regaled as I often have been, with a …

- Craig Claiborne

Cooking done with care is an act of love.

- Craig Claiborne

Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.

- Craig Claiborne

Give me a platter of choice finnan haddie, freshly cooked in its bath of water and milk, add melted butter, a slice or two of hot toast, a pot of ste…

- Craig Claiborne