Kitchen Quotes - Page 39

• I think the most effective way to run a kitchen is to teach, not to just yell.

  Tom Colicchio

  Running, Thinking, Way

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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, Mama

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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, Mama

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• I started at 5 years old in the kitchen table with my family supporting me. I know where I'm from and I know exactly where I'm going.

  Celine Dion

  Years, Tables, My Family

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• For years now I have run a kitchen-sink punk salon in my house, called Salon du Gay. In the early days, people would pay for a riot grrrl bob or a passable bleach job with a mixtape, $3 or a selection of baked goods - whichever they could afford. More recently though, with Gossip doing well, I've performed these punk hair transformations for free.

  Beth Ditto

  Running, Jobs, Gay

  "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. March 6, 2008.

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• Even though I'm big on recipes, I love to make up my own dishes and when you take a risk in the kitchen, you learn a lot about food!

  Nina Dobrev

  Risk, Recipes, Dishes

  "Exclusive Interview With Nina Dobrev!". Interview with Emily Laurence, www.seventeen.com. January 23, 2012.

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• Chefs think about what it's like to make food. Being a scientist in the kitchen is about asking why something works, and how it works.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Thinking, Asking Why, Chef

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• Pressure cookers are relatively inexpensive, they're in every kitchen store, your grandma probably had one, but a lot of people don't. A pressure cooker is interesting because by pressurizing the vessel, you're able to cook much hotter than the boiling point of water, and still have water be present.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Grandma, Water, Interesting

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• Wine lovers have known for centuries that decanting wine before serving it often improves its flavor. Whatever the dominant process, the traditional decanter is a rather pathetic tool to accomplish it. A few years ago, I found I could get much better results by using an ordinary kitchen blender.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Wine, Years, Ordinary

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• In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Education, Philosophy, Teaching

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• The kitchen oven is reliable, but it's made us lazy.

  Jamie Oliver

  Lazy, Made, Ovens

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• After I had the kids, I took a break from work, and all my creativity went into my kitchen. I like experimenting.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Creativity, Kids, Break

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• I'm worried about that man or woman sitting around - the coffee table tonight or in their kitchen talking about how are we going to get to work. How are we going to have the dignity to take care of our family.

  Rick Perry

  Coffee, Men, Talking

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• I'm the kind of person you want to kill. I had an incredibly happy childhood. I married a terrific guy when I was 23. I have great, well-adjusted kids. Sometimes my husband and I look at each other and do a little jig in the kitchen. This is the best life.

  Jodi Picoult

  Husband, Kids, Childhood

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• Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the cement blocks in the basement!

  John Piper

  Sex, Block, Woe

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• Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Strong, Character, Chef

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• We are about creating a new wave of talent. We are the Manchester United of kitchens now. Am I playing full-time in the kitchen? I am a player-coach.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Player, Creating, Talent

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• I train my chefs completely different to anyone else. My young girls and guys, when they come to the kitchen, the first thing they get is a blindfold. They get blindfolded and they get sat down at the chef's table... Unless they can identify what they're tasting, they don't get to cook it.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Girl, Guy, Different

  "Star Chef on Passion, Pressure and Perfection" by Sarah Rosenberg and Katie Escherich, abcnews.go.com. June 19, 2008.

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• I used to work in kitchens, doing 12 or more hours a day of physical labor, so today, eight to 12 hours of cooking, chatting or filming feels like a vacation. When I have a scheduled 'day off,' I spend several hours writing, then I clean until I crash from fatigue. I don't relax well.

  Rachael Ray

  Writing, Vacation, Eight

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• All of the people who work in the kitchen with me go out into the forests and on to the beach. It's a part of their job. If you work with me you will often be starting your day in the forest or on the shore because I believe foraging will shape you as a chef.

  Rene Redzepi

  Beach, Jobs, Believe

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I can direct breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I take pride in my kitchen, but I'm not going to direct a movie.

  Julia Roberts

  Movie, Pride, Lunch

  Interview with Lynn Hirschberg, www.wmagazine.com. June 1, 2011.

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• I always had a fantasy of being a chef, because I like kitchen life.

  Geoffrey Rush

  Chef, Fantasy

  "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers". Interview with James Ashwood, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I have a little kitchen office at home, where I do all my kids' stuff.

  Katey Sagal

  Home, Kids, Office

  "Comic-Con 2011: Katey Sagal and Creator Kurt Sutter Interview Sons Of Anarchy". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 28, 2011.

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• I was once making a burger for myself at my boyfriend's house and a lyric started pouring out and I had to catch it, so I ran to another room to write it down, but then the kitchen caught fire. His cabinets were charred, and he was furious. But it was worth it for a song.

  Jill Scott

  Song, Writing, Fire

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• I want witchcraft so bad that I can't stand it. I have wands in my apartment. And I use them sometimes. I walk into the kitchen with my wand, and I come out with something on a platter and I say, 'See, magic happens.' Works every time.

  Amy Sedaris

  Magic, Use, Want

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