cooking

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

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

Men like to barbecue. Men will cook if danger is involved.

What does cooking mean? It means the knowledge of Media and of Circe, and of Calypso, and Sheba. It means knowledge of all herbs , and fruits. and balms and spices. . . . I means the economy of your great-grandmother and the science of modern chemistry, and French art, and Arabian hospitality. It means, in fine, that your are to see imperatively, that everyone has something nice to eat.

When I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.

He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.

The secret of good cooking is first, hjaving a love of it. . . . If you're convinced cooking is drudgery, you're never going to be good at it, and you might as well warm up something frozen.

Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.

Perhaps the comparison is closer to the Chinese cook who leaves hardly any part of a duck unserved.

Happy and successful cooking doesn't rely only on know-how; it comes from the heart, makes great demands on the palate and needs enthusiasm and a deep love of food to bring it to life.