Quotes on Home Cooking

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.

Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.

The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.

A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.

Life is a combination of magic and pasta.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

All sorrows are less with bread.

Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements.

I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime 'associates,' food, for me, has always been an adventure