Food for Thought: 31 Cooking Quotes to Inspire and Entertain
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There's something undeniably magical about the art of cooking. It's a playful dance between ingredients, flavors and techniques, where each dish becomes a delightful expression of creativity and love (most of the time). Whether you're a seasoned chef, a culinary enthusiast or just like playing around in the kitchen, these captivating cooking quotes will whisk you away on a flavorful journey.
So, roll up your sleeves, tie on that apron and get ready to savor the wisdom of those who truly understand the joy of cooking.
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Inspirational Cooking Quotes
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1. "I watch cooking change the cook, just as it transforms the food." — Laura Esquivel
2. "Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all." - Harriet Van Horne
3. "Cooking is a bit like cinema. It's the emotion that counts." — Anne-Sophie Pic
4. “Food is art, and food is love. And we should show love and appreciation for those who cook it by eating it with relish.” — Mark Bittman
5. “Eating is so intimate. It’s very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you’re inviting a person into your life.” — Maya Angelou
6. "If you are a chef, no matter how good a chef you are, it's not good cooking for yourself; the joy is in cooking for others. It's the same with music." — will.i.am
7. "Cooking well, with love, is an art." — Asha Bhosle
8. "Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love." — Craig Claiborne
9. "Cooking is multisensory. It's made for the eyes, the mouth, the nose, the ear, and the soul. No other art is as complex." — Pierre Gagnaire
10. "Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. No matter what culture, everywhere around the world, people get together to eat." — Guy Fieri
11. "Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good." — Ina Garten
12. "A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe." - Thomas Keller
13. "Simple ingredients prepared in a simple way - that's the best way to take your everyday cooking to a higher level." — Jose Andres
14. "No rules. Don't be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn't have to have rules. I don't like it that way." — Masaharu Morimoto
15. "Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's lost. If I'm cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, what's the point of doing it?" — Sade Adu
16. "I don't like gourmet cooking or 'this' cooking or 'that' cooking. I like good cooking." — James Beard
17. "Cooking is not difficult. Everyone has taste, even if they don't realize it. Even if you're not a great chef, there's nothing to stop you understanding the difference between what tastes good and what doesn't." — Gerard Depardieu
18. "Cooking requires confident guesswork and improvisation—experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way." — Paul Theroux
19. "Cooking demands attention, patience, and above all, a respect for the gifts of the earth. It is a form of worship, a way of giving thanks." — Judith B. Jones
20. “I feel a recipe is only a theme which an intelligent cook can play each time with a variation.” — Madam Benoit
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Funny Cooking Quotes
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21. "I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food." — W.C. Fields
22. "The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude." — Julia Child
23. “Basic cooking skills are a virtue. The ability to feed yourself and a few others with proficiency should be taught to every young man and woman as a fundamental skill. It’s as vital to growing up as learning to wipe one’s own ass, cross the street by oneself, or be trusted with money.” — Anthony Bourdain
24. "The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook." — Julia Child
25. “Cooking is like snow skiing: If you don’t fall at least 10 times, then you’re not skiing hard enough.” — Guy Fieri
26. “Chefs are nutters. They’re all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls, and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.” — Gordon Ramsay
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Cute Cooking Quotes
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27. "Oh, I adore to cook. It makes me feel so mindless in a worthwhile way." — Truman Capote, Summer Crossing
28. "Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors — it's how you combine them that sets you apart." — Wolfgang Puck
29. "You don't have to love cooking to cook, but you have to do more than love baking to bake. You have to bake out of love." — Tom Junod
30. "You can't cook if you don't like people." — Joël Robuchon
31. "Gastronomy is the art of using food to create happiness." — Théodore Zeldin
