I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It's all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible.
I do endless chopping and preparing things. I really find that relaxing. I do a lot of thinking as I am chopping and cooking.
Cooking for my son is a challenge. I have to feed him right. He can't eat French fries and candy every day.
I can do basics, but I'm not a proper cook. I can do a roast. I can stick a chicken in the oven with vegetables.
I go four- wheeling in my truck. I also like to fish, cook, do stuff around my house. I even studied fencing for awhile.
The wisest advice I ever received regarding the kitchen came from my mother: 'Do the dishes while you're cooking.'
I just signed to do my next book with Ecco Press, a new primer or encyclopedia. This will be my take on what classic Italian cooking is.
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.
Capitalism has turned human beings into commodities. To the owner of a restaurant: the cook and a bag of potatoes are equally important.
Remember! When you tell a woman that she cooks something very good; you will be fucked by eating it three times a day.
Writing is a lot like making soup. My subconscious cooks the idea, but I have to sit down at the computer to pour it out.
Cooking turkey every year doesn't have to be monotonous - I want people to always mix it up using different spices and preparations.
What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.
Then again, they're not scripted and I feel it's virtually impossible to be anything but yourself when you're in front of the cameras and cooking so there is a measure of truth in what you see.
I've never cooked. I can't do much more in the kitchen than make a cup of tea and some toast.
Cooking is like fashion. Always, I like to try to change. If I'm traveling in a different country - to Australia, the Bahamas, Budapest, Moscow - and I see a new ingredient, I like to try it in a new dish.
I have always loved food. I began cooking for my family as a young girl, and to this day, it's one of my greatest pleasures in life.
You don't have to be a chef or even a particularly good cook to experience proper kitchen alchemy: the moment when ingredients combine to form something more delectable than the sum of their parts.
I'm a huge fan of Asian cooking in general. I love shabu shabu, and I love hibachi. It's kind of like an experience as opposed to just having something in front of you and you eating it.
If you like good ol' fashion Southern soul food then, yes, I am a good cook! My specialty is chicken dumplings and poke salad.
I like to eat good food. I cook and collect wine. I like going for long walks when I can.
