When I walk into a market I may see a different cut of meat or an unusual vegetable and think, ‘I wonder how it would be if I took the recipe for that sauce I had in Provence and put the two together?’ So I go home and try it out. Sometimes my idea is a success and sometimes it is a flop, but that is how recipes are born. There really are not recipes, only millions of variations sparked by someone’s imagination and desire to be a little creative and different. American cooking is built, after all, on variations of old recipes from around the world.
Goodness, how much there is to learn about food! - James Beard
Goodness, how much there is to learn about food!
- James Beard
Nothing is quite as intoxicating as the smell of bacon frying in the morning, save perhaps the smell of coffee brewing. - James Beard
Nothing is quite as intoxicating as the smell of bacon frying in the morning, save perhaps the smell of coffee brewing.
When you cook, you never stop learning. That's the fascination of it all. - James Beard
When you cook, you never stop learning. That's the fascination of it all.
Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts. - James Beard
Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts.
The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it… If you’re convinced that cooking is drudgery, you’re never going to be good at it, and you… - James Beard
The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it… If you’re convinced that cooking is drudgery, you’re never going to be good at it, and you…
A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch. - James Beard
A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.
I don't like gourmet cooking or 'this' cooking or 'that' cooking. I like good cooking. - James Beard
I don't like gourmet cooking or 'this' cooking or 'that' cooking. I like good cooking.
The only thing that will make a souffle fall is if it knows you're afraid of it. - James Beard
The only thing that will make a souffle fall is if it knows you're afraid of it.
The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it. - James Beard
The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it.
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion