Cooks Quotes - Page 11

• My daughter Alexandra once told me, "Mother, you're a pioneer. Now, hardly anybody cooks, but you were one of the first to stop." After 20 years of cooking, I started to appreciate the value of other people's work. So I would, say, go get a duck in Chinatown. I always had the salad and set the table, but I didn't have to clean the pots.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Daughter, Mother, Years

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• When you have the arrogance, the confidence and you can't cook, then you're only going to look stupid.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Stupid, Arrogance, Looks

  "Q&A: Gordon Ramsay On 'Hell's Kitchen'". Interview with Rick Ellis, allyourscreens.com. July 17, 2009.

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• One thing inspired me the most from the time I spent in Charleston was how much heritage and history are connected to influencing how I cook. Each dish tugged my heart in a different spot that after I finished cooking, I was really emotional and felt fulfilled at the same time.

  Shirley Chung

  Heart, Emotional, Cooking

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• I didn't cook for the competition, I cooked for myself, I cooked for my loved ones, I cooked to represent my culture, I cooked to represent Chinese-American immigrants. I was proud of what I was able to accomplish under the conditions.

  Shirley Chung

  Competition, Chinese, Culture

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• Stephanie Izard. She is extremely talented but super-humble at the same time. And she was the first female Top Chef. I remember cheering her on when she competed. At that time I just started in my culinary career. Watching her cook was very inspiring.

  Shirley Chung

  Cheer, Humble, Careers

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• I'm into eating as little as possible, paying as little attention as possible. I never cook. Never use the stove or anything.

  Noam Chomsky

  Attention, Use, Littles

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• I will say it's great to be a woman because we're very good at multitasking. I could nurse and cook dinner at the same time. It is juggling. It's juggling and you've got to commit to working on the weekends - I do both.

  Marta Kauffman

  Weekend, Nurse, Multitasking

  Source: deadline.com

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• I think careful cooking is love, don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give.

  Julia Child

  Love, Valentines Day, Nice

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• You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.

  Julia Child

  Recipes, Slave, Knows

  Interview with Polly Frost, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 16, 2009.

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• I like to cook simple things, like vegetable egg-white omelets; roast chicken; sauteed chicken breast with curry powder; and Greek salad. Just things that are fresh and healthy and fast and easy, because I have such a crazy schedule.

  Sasha Cohen

  Crazy, Simple, Vegetables

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• 'Chef' doesn't mean that you're the best cook, it simply means 'boss.'

  Tom Colicchio

  Mean, Boss, Chef

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• You have to know the classics if you want to cook modern food.

  Tom Colicchio

  Want, Modern, Knows

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• I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Vivid Imagination, Ideas, Talent

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• I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you can cook up, with non-existent budgets. I didn't want to be surrounded by comforts and colleagues, which you have when when you're a big time director. I wanted to write personal works.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Writing, Men, Directors

  "Francis Ford Coppola on Lucas, an 'ambitious' new movie, and his box set". Interview with Solvej Schou, www.cnn.com. December 4, 2012.

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• I can cook a little bit. I can cook a few Spanish dishes. But, in movies, it looks like I cook much better than I cook.

  Penelope Cruz

  Littles, Looks, Dishes

  "Penelope Cruz Interview BROKEN EMBRACES". Interview With Sara Wayland, collider.com. December 5, 2009.

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• I lead a simple life. I feed the fish. I walk the dogs. I cook dinner. Occasionally I take a meeting.

  Macaulay Culkin

  Dog, Simple, Dinner

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• My wife can't cook at all. She made chocolate mousse. An antler got stuck in my throat.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Wife, Chocolate, Antlers

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• You know, nobody can ever cook as good as your mama.

  Paula Deen

  Mama, Knows

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• You know, not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills.

  Paula Deen

  Kids, Wine, Worry

  "Paula Deen Tells Fellow TV Chef Anthony Bourdain to 'Get a Life'". www.foxnews.com. August 19, 2011.

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• I really didn't have an interest in being in the kitchen until after I was married, when I was 18. It didn't take me long to realize that Mama was not going to show up at my house every day and cook.

  Paula Deen

  Long, House, Kitchen

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• Growing up, I had a very busy social life. It wasn't until I was a sophomore in high school that I asked Mama if I could come into the kitchen and have her teach me how to cook something.

  Paula Deen

  Growing Up, School, Kitchen

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• I love to cook. But I have some food allergies, so I have to contend with those.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Allergies

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• One thing I like about Argentina, they only cook with salt; that's it.

  Robert Duvall

  Travel, Argentina, Salt

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• I spent time at my grandfather Dino's gourmet store where he brought in chefs from Naples to cook. I thought of them as rock stars.

  Giada De Laurentiis

  Stars, Rocks, Grandfather

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• I made lemon spaghetti in an early season of 'Everyday Italian,' and to this day people still come up to me and say they love it. It's very, very simple. Basically, you cook the pasta and mix together Parmesan cheese, olive oil, lemon juice and zest and pour it over the pasta.

  Giada De Laurentiis

  Italian, Simple, Oil

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