Marcus Samuelsson Quotes

Fish and guests in three days are stale.

If it's a cocktail party, I generally make five or six different things, and I try to choose recipes that feel like a meal: a chicken thing, a fish or shrimp thing, maybe two vegetable things, and I think it's fun to end the cocktail party with a sweet thing.

That which chiefly causes the failure of a dinner-party, is the running short--not of meat, nor yet of drink, but of conversation.

Whether it's a big dinner party or people just coming over to hang out, I just love to spend time with them.

I came literally to the table with a wealth of knowledge by simply understanding how food should taste.

Let's face it: my life tends to revolve around food, and I love feeding people.

I like the creativity of planning a party, or cooking and taking care of people, creating a memorable meal or event.

One thing you don't want to do as a host is be running around all evening. Do as much as you can ahead of time, so all you have to do is grill the main ingredients.

I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties.

I love hospitality, and I love cooking. The kitchen is where I feel most at ease and where I feel most like myself.

I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I am. So I will cook. I'm an excellent cook. Not many people know that about me.

Every year, I do a New Year's day party at my home. I invite my staff and my friends and their kids. Around 40-50 people come by, and I do a barbecue and salads, steak and sushi, and also lots of cheese.

One must know combinations, one must have a true knowledge of food to be in the moment.

I love to cook and entertain.

I'm a homebody, but I make people come to me, like, 'Everyone just come over, and we can have fun at my house.' I love to entertain.

Most women put off entertaining until the kids are grown.

I love to cook. I love having friends over and family. I am definitely a feeder - I feed everybody. I am jumping around the kitchen like a crazy woman.

I think for me, as far as cooking, some of it came naturally just from watching my dad. My dad was more of the cook than my mom was, so it's just handing it down from generation to generation. I just love to cook and have fun. And as performers, we love to cook, and we love to entertain people.

You wouldn't know it but I'm no good at... cooking. My chef does that.

It's not a party unless I'm cooking. Some people find entertaining stressful, but it is therapeutic for me; I find it relaxing.

My best hostess tip is to have good food and really good music!

I do like to cook. But I only cook a few things, but those few things I do really well.

Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I can't ask one chef - I have to ask six.

I really like having someone who knows about food and what goes well together make a meal for me.

I'm a rather crude cook.