Yotam Ottolenghi Quotes

Everybody likes pizza! It's a quick and easy clean-up meal.

And I don't cook, either. Not as long as they still deliver pizza.

I have those days when takeout is the direction we go.

Could I get a friggin' Hot Pocket around here?

If you just feel lazy and don't want to cook, then don't cook.

The kitchen oven is reliable, but it's made us lazy.

If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant?

It's not food if it arrived through the window of your car.

One of the reasons we eat fast food is that we don't have to cook fast food. We are out-sourcing cooking to corporations, they tend to cook with far too much salt, fat, and sugar.

If I'm going to eat fast food, I'm going to McDonald's. I don't need to pretend.

When I want to really eat great, I eat at home when my wife cooks.

My idea of fast food is a mallard.

Organizing ahead of time makes the work more enjoyable. Chefs cut up the onions and have the ingredients lined up ahead of time and have them ready to go. When everything is organized you can clean as you go and it makes everything so much easier and fun.

Sure, you can mix the flour, baking soda, salt, shortening, and the whole nine yards, but why wouldn't you just pull out a box of Bisquick?

Sandwiches are wonderful. You don't need a spoon or a plate!

When I'm writing, I spend all my time in The Grocer on Elgin buying ready-made meals; I think they are the only reason my husband and kids haven't left me.

Be sure to read a recipe all the way through before you cook. The time it saves you in the long run is invaluable.

To me, speed is really about convenience.

I mostly get takeout, I have to admit - I don't know if that's something to be ashamed of. I'm not much of a cook.

And, I believe that one of the most loving things you can do is prepare a meal for someone you love. None of which I know how to do!

I don't cook. I think they named the 'Mike'-rowave after me.

I go to frozen pizza or soy chicken nuggets when I need a five-minute meal.

In the amount of time it takes to microwave a TV dinner, you can put something much tastier on the table, I promise.

Having convenience when it comes to fueling your body is definitely an important thing.

I always whip up chicken cutlets or something. Or I make chicken parm and pasta, or something like that.