Steve Albini Quotes

Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!

A chef is a mixture maybe of artistry and craft. You have to learn the craft really to get there.

I've been making sushi for 38 years, and I'm still learning. You have to consider the size and color of the ingredients, how much salt and vinegar to use and how the seasons affect the fattiness of the fish.

To become a good cook is to know yourself, and I, at this point, know myself. I know myself, and I know the cook I want to be and the cook I am striving to be.

Being a cook doesn't necessarily mean you are a competitor.

It is a religious duty for those who cook to learn how to prepare food in different ways, hygienically, for the table, so that it may be eaten with enjoyment.

I don't know if I am a good cook, but I am a dedicated cook.

I grew up in a house where I was a spectator to the sport of cooking. In that way, I just learned so much about what it really takes to make food.

I'm not a chef: I'm a cook.

I've never cooked a great meal.

The process and organization leading up to cooking the egg can tell you a lot about the cook.

I enjoy watching talented cooks bringing together ingredients into a fabulous dish.

As chefs, we cook to please people, to nourish people.

Fine dining teaches you how to cook many different things, and it gives you the basic fundamentals, but these specialty restaurants, they're not teaching you the broad foundation you need to become a well-rounded cook.

The best way to get anybody's attention is dinner. I have good kitchen skills and good grocery shopping skills.

I hate to sound cliche, but I understand why people love to cook. It's fun!

Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.

I love learning how to make new dishes.

If you want to be a home cook, just have fun with it. Pick up a couple cookbooks. You're gonna make some mistakes; just go in and try it.

The old saying, 'An army marches on its stomach' has never been more true than in film and television. If it's good, cheerful, and exciting and full of great yummy things, then everyone does really well. If it's the opposite, it's very disappointing.

I can chop and peel vegetables but can't cook full meals.

Cooking is not effortless. To get a recipe that feels effortless is really hard.

I used to be a chef.

Eating is the secret to good cooking.

Cookery means…English thoroughness, French art, and Arabian hospitality; it means the knowledge of all fruits and herbs and balms and spices; it means carefulness, inventiveness, and watchfulness.