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“I taped my first series for PBS in 1982 at WJCT-TV in Jacksonville, Florida. The show, called 'Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pepin,' was about saving time and money in the kitchen - and it was a celebration of simple and unpretentious food.”

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Author:Jacques Pepin

“I am usually cooking at least four times a week if I am home. The easiest thing that I do a lot is gazpacho. It's simple and it tastes best if you let it sit over night in the refrigerator... I don't want anybody near me when I am cooking. If I am going to make a mistake, it has to be my fault.”

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Author:Leonard Slatkin

“In growing up in Seattle, I don't know a single family that didn't barbecue or cook on the weekends and make its own kind of simple, pared-down, what I call Pacific Northwest cooking.”

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Author:Mario Batali

“I approach cooking from a science angle because I need to understand how things work. If I understand the egg, I can scramble it better. It's a simple as that.”

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Author:Alton Brown

“Two elements enter into successful and happy gatherings at table. The food, whether simple or elaborate, must be carefully prepared; willingly prepared; imaginatively prepared. And the guests - friends, family or strangers - must be conscious of their welcome.”

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Author:Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

“...cassoulet, like life itself, is not so simple as it seems.”

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Author:Paula Wolfert

“The key dietary messages are stunningly simple: Eat less, move more, eat more fruits and vegetables, and don't eat too much junk food. It's no more complicated than that.”

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Author:Marion Nestle

“Bread is a staple article of diet in theory, rather than in practice. There are few who are truly fond of bread in its simplest, most pure, and most healthful state.... Is there one person in a thousand who would truly enjoy a meal of simple bread of two days old?”

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Book:The Young Housekeeper: Or, Thoughts on Food and Cookery

Source: The Young Housekeeper: Or, Thoughts on Food and Cookery

“She set about preparing her supper. It would have to be one of those classically simple meals, the sort that French peasants are said to eat and that enlightened English people sometimes enjoy rather self-consciously - a crusty French loaf, cheese, and lettuce and tomatoes from the garden. Of course there should have been wine and a lovingly prepared dressing of oil and vinegar, but Dulcie drank orange squash and ate mayonnaise that came from a bottle.”

“I still think we have a long way to go on rebuilding a culture of cooking. Everyday simple cooking.”

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Author:Michael Pollan

“I love making down-home Southern cooking, and just chilling out and having cakes and pies and baking stuff, you know. I'm a pretty simple girl.”

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Author:Nicole Scherzinger

“One of the key things is to encourage people to have a go in the kitchen and not to be embarrassed by it. Try and spend a couple of nights a week cooking something up. It doesn't have to be complicated, it can be something really simple.”

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Author:William Katt

“I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find.”

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Book:The New James Beard

Source: The New James Beard

“How simple life is. We buy a fish. We are fed. We sit close to each other, we talk and then we go to bed.”

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Author:Gary Johnson

“Please understand the reason why Chinese vegetables taste so good. It is simple. The Chinese do not cook them, they just threaten them!”

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Author:Jeff Smith

“The roe of the Russian sturgeon has probably been present at more important international affairs than have all the Russian dignitaries of history combined. This seemingly simple article of diet has taken its place in the world along with pearls, sables, old silver, and Cellini cups.”

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Book:Hors d'Oeuvre and Canapés

Source: Hors d'Oeuvre and Canapés

“What it requires is that first of all you identify the hazards: Where in your production chain can contamination occur? This could be a simple matter of cooking a product to kill bacteria and making sure that the product is actually brought to that temperature.”

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Author:Marion Nestle