Michael Mina Quotes

I did want to share with you one of the greatest lessons I've learned over the years cooking for my kids - there is enormous value in bringing children into the kitchen.

My own kids are absolutely allowed to help me cook it. They of course have the added bonus of knowing how to bake. That wasn't really a concept when I was a kid - I learned it at school in home economics, then started properly when I was home with my children. They love helping me.

Preparing food is one of life's great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That's not cooking - that's working!

I didn't cook that much as a kid. My mother was cooking, and I was her helper. We made dishes together.

By cooking with your kids, you can help them understand that food is a powerful tool in connecting human beings.

One way I get my kids to try new things is by cooking with them.

I'm not sure I'm a good cook. But I like cooking, and it's a real family thing - an expression of love being together.

All my family were brilliant cooks when I was growing up, but I ended up just cleaning up, so I've always lacked confidence in the kitchen.

My kids are always in the kitchen with me - I bring them to the bakery and let them decorate cakes, and they also try to help me and my wife, Lisa, cook dinner at night.

Look at cookbooks with your kids and ask them what sounds good.

My kids and I make pasta three days a week now. It's not even so much about the eating of it; they just like the process. Benno is the stuffer, and Leo is the catcher. They've got their jobs down.

I do cook whenever the time permits. But my daughter Isha is a much better cook than I am.

I love cooking for myself and cooking for my family.

My husband has the philosophy that if you can work a Nintendo control, you can chop an onion. So, we have our children in the kitchen. We sit down every night for dinner. We're trying to give our kids a sense of what's going into their bodies, and it's also good for family time.

When I have time, I really enjoy cooking.

My mom and sister and I all cook.

I'd like to see kids learning to cook and families sitting down to dinner together.

It's important to show that fathers do cook for their children. Mine sure did.

I love every minute in the kitchen with my kids, even the mess (I've learned to embrace it!). I find that in the car on the way home from school, I often get one-word answers when I ask about their day. But when we're cooking, I get in-depth stories.

I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook.

I don't cook - I can cook - but I'm not very good. I like being asked over for dinner, because she can't cook either. We would starve if it weren't for modern technology. I know how to work a microwave, but love home cooked meals.

I think you owe it to your kids to teach them how to cook - you know, self-survival.

I love to cook. My mom taught me to cook at a very, very young age.

All the women in my family were superb cooks.

I do all the cooking in the family. I cook Italian, mostly, pastas and roasts, and bit by bit, I'm learning how to bake. I think cooking is a gift to other people.