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“A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.”

“I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.”

“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”

“The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.”

“The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight... [Breadmaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony. It leaves you filled with one of the world's sweetest smells... there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel. that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread.”

“Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.”

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Author:Craig Claiborne

“Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.”

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Author:William Shakespeare

“You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.”

“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”

Source: Kitchen Confidential

“There’s no sight on earth more appealing than that of a woman making dinner for someone she loves.”

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Author:Thomas Wolfe

“People who love to eat are always the best people.”

“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.”

“A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.”

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Book:The French Laundry Cookbook

Source: The French Laundry Cookbook

“The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.”

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Author:Julia Child

“No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.”

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Author:Laurie Colwin

“Cooking is at once one of the simplest and most gratifying of the arts, but to cook well one must love and respect food.”

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Author:Craig Claiborne

“A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.”

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Author:Elsa Schiaparelli

“It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.”

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Author:Julia Child

“In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.”

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Author:Julia Child

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

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Author:Julia Child

“I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.”