Nana Patekar Quotes

I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression.

A great chef is an artist that I truly respect.

I like to cook; it is, for me, a happy combination of mindlessness and purpose.

I've always loved to cook. It helps me to relax and gives me peace. It's my nourishment.

Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy.

I love cooking. It's what clears my mind, since it's pretty hard to multitask when you're chopping vegetables.

Oh, I adore to cook. It makes me feel so mindless in a worthwhile way.

Recipes are overrated.

For me, cooking is an extension of love.

Patience is the secret to good food.

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

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

I do a lot of recipe creation. Translation: cooking tempting dishes that must be eaten.

Chefs are leaders in their own little world.

After a day of writing, I love nothing more than to go into my kitchen and start chopping onions and garlic on the way to cooking an improvised meal with whatever ingredients are on hand. Cooking is the perfect counterpoint to writing. I find it more relaxing than anything else, even naps, walks, or hot baths.

My ritual is cooking. I find it therapeutic. It comes naturally to me. I can read a recipe and won't have to look at it again.

Cooking is an art form, a creative thing.

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.

I love to cook, and I've just gotten more and more into it over the years, just because it's the best way to stay creative.

I think cooking has the same creative process as designing, where you have the ingredients, you have the alchemy part of it, and you have the satisfaction of seeing your creation become a reality.

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.

Because I actually like cooking for people, people like what I cook for them.

Cooking is, to me, the perfect fusion of generosity and selfishness, indeed the resolution of generosity and selfishness, the answer to my torn nature.

If you're a happy person around food, you can be a professional chef. It's fueled by passion.

I'm a keen experimenter in the kitchen. With food, not with anything else!