Culinary Quotes

“With the culinary department of life, as with every other, the higher the aim the more intelligent must be the conviction, and the more accurate the knowledge, by which it is supported.”

“Cooking is a subject you can never know enough about. There is always something new to discover.”

“To me, there's nothing more festive than a big platter of oysters.”

“Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye.”

“Cooking is a craft, I like to think, and a good cook is a craftsman - not an artist. There's nothing wrong with that: the great cathedrals of Europe were built by craftsmen - though not all of them are thought of as artists.”

“It's all about the ingredient. The ingredient is the most important thing. You have to respect it.”