Quotes about Cooking

An agrarian mind begins with the love of fields and ramifies in good farming, good cooking & good eating

I've recently discovered that cooking is a great way to distract yourself from your problems while providing a sense of accomplishment. You feel like you're doing something useful even though a few hours later you eat all the evidence.

I feel like it's so important to get your little ones' hands dirty in the kitchen. It gives them kitchen confidence, and it makes them feel accomplished.

I love it when someone tries a recipe of mine and posts a picture of the finished product. Completely rewarding. It makes my day every time.

Eating home-cooked meals from whole, in-season ingredients obtained from the most local source available is eating well, in every sense. Good for the habitat, good for the body.

Cooking is the best way to unwind at the end of a long writing day. There's something mindless and hands-on about cooking, which makes it feel like the very opposite of writing, which is heady but inactive.

After being cooked, ling cod tends to bleed out some moisture, so, before serving, let it rest a few moments on a plate. Once the moisture has been released, you can carefully pick up the fillet with a slotted spatula and transfer it to another plate for saucing. This way, you won't sog out your beautiful sauce.

I really love research. It's one of the things I love most about my job. I feel like it's me in the lab cooking up the character.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach...just make sure you thrust upward through his ribcage.

Portion control is not an option for me. I like mass quantities, so I have to create healthy meals that I love but won't feel guilty about eating.

I particularly like to make crunchy slices of garlic bread to serve with steamed clams.

I use ginger like garlic. I love it for steaming fish and making barbecue sauces or roasted chicken.