“My granddaddy died when I was about 6 years old, I think. And my grandmother took a job cooking in the school lunchroom. So she did great. She made $18 a week.” ThinkingYearsMadeSchoolJobsWeekDiedCookingGrandmotherMy GrandmotherSchool LunchGranddaddy Author:Willie Nelson
“I was not such a great student, .. So, when I graduated high school, I went to work cooking. I cooked a little at home, but back then, cooking wasn't really a profession that you aspired to, unless your family was in the business. I looked at it as a job. My first job was at Joe Allen's, and I remember there was a photo over the bar of the Triple Dead Heat from the 1944 Carter Handicap.” FirstsLittlesHomeSchoolJobsRememberStudentsHigh SchoolCookingProfessionBarsOur FamilyHeatCarterHandicaps Author:Bobby Flay
“I don't have a favorite cooking tool. In the kitchen, I always have my pencil and notebook in my hand. I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical. The pencil has a symbolic meaning for me. The type of person who carries a pencil around is the type of person who's open to change. Someone who walks around with a pen isn't; he's the opposite.” PersonsHandsJobsWalksCreativityCreativeTypeToolsOppositesCookingCooksKitchenCarriePensPencilsTheoreticalSymbolicNotebookSymbolic Meaning Author:Ferran Adria
“To cook, and to do it well, every talent must be used; the strength of a prize-fighter, the imagination of a poet, the brain of an empire builder, the patience of Job, the eye and the touch of an artist, and, to turn your mistakes into edible assets, the cleverness of a politician.” WellsEyeJobsUsedArtistTurnsImaginationMistakeBrainTalentPoetPoliticianCookingFighterCooksEmpiresPrizeAssetsClevernessBuilder Author:Anne Ellis