Laurie Colwin Quotes

I love cooking and baking.

I love to cook. I could never give that up.

Alan Arkin is a good cook.

I guess I fell into cooking.

The thing about cooking is it's so interesting to watch. I don't know why, but if you go to somebody's house and they're making something, they usually say interesting things while they're cooking.

I'm not a cook. I don't think I ever will be.

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.

Cooking is one thing I would love to learn but I keep procrastinating.

I love shows about creating and cooking. Sometimes they're so extraordinary, you end up setting yourself to fail.

I've never gone to culinary school, but I do love cooking.

Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.

I wasn't the most confident of cooks, but I just persevered, and I wanted to learn, and I wanted to be a sponge, and I wanted to be better than the next person, and I wanted to learn as much as I could, so I just kept pushing, and it took me a long time actually to be confident in my technique and my ability as a cook.

When it was availed to me that I had free time, I chose to go to cooking school every day, six hours a day, like a diploma program. I wanted to learn something new.

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

I love to cook. It is a simple pastime.

Recipes tell you nothing. Learning techniques is the key.

I wanted to master the art of cooking. Maybe, when I slow down and do one or two films a year, I will learn how to cook and pursue it as my hobby.

I respect anybody that cooks. I know how hard it is.

As I grew steadily more comfortable in the kitchen, I found that, much like gardening, most cooking manages to be agreeably absorbing without being too demanding intellectually. It leaves plenty of mental space for daydreaming and reflection.

I love learning how to make new dishes.

I've never cooked a great meal.

I like to make everything and I can really cook.

I was always interested in cooking; it was always a hobby of mine.

I'd be a chef if I wasn't a musician, that's for sure.

My grandchildren love cooking, and it doesn't have to be sweet things.