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
One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.
No one who cooks cooks alone.
I don't like gourmet cooking or 'this' cooking or 'that' cooking. I like good cooking.
Cooking is at once one of the simplest and most gratifying of the arts, but to cook well one must love and respect food.
What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
Life is a combination of magic and pasta.
Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.
My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.
I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.
Cooking is an art and patience a virtue. Careful shopping, fresh ingredients and an unhurried approach are nearly all you need. There is one more thing - love. Love for food and love for those you invite to your table. With a combination of these things you can be an artist
Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements.
Banish the onion from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it.
All sorrows are less with bread.
Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.
A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.
