Michael Pollan Quotes

We didn't grow up with processed foods at all. I mean, I am not a nutritionist. I make enchiladas for a living, so that disclaimer needs to be there.

Straight up, Oreos, sodas, chips, salsa dips, egg white omelets, yogurts, breads, ketchups, mustards, barbecue sauce, frozen pizzas, hot pockets, ice cream, all these things that you eat in your normal life - I think if chefs got more involved in that, then it could be better. Because we're the ones that know flavor.

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.

I'm not an amazing cook. But I can follow a recipe!

Eating ready-made meals is about being very passive, and actively cooking is something that nothing compares to.

Sorry, I'm not much of a cook.

I'm actually a good cook.

I can cook a little bit. I can cook a few Spanish dishes. But, in movies, it looks like I cook much better than I cook.

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

Many rock musicians are excellent cooks, I've found, and those that are prefer to eat their own cooking in the studio. I encourage this behavior as I also enjoy the benefits of fresh food.

I don't cook very often. Actually, I'd go further: I can't cook.

I'm good in the kitchen. I can cook seafood, collard greens, black-eyed peas.

My mom is an OK cook. She'll skewer me for saying that openly, because she claims to be a very good cook. She can make about, I don't know, 10 dishes, I think, which is four dishes more than I can make.

It's not that hard to make good food.

My wife and I like to cook, so we actually prepare our own meals often and can hold our own in the kitchen.

I am actually a very good cook (if I may say so myself). I just don't know that many recipes.

I wouldn't go that far. But I know my way around the kitchen. I make dinner every night.

Recipes are overrated.

I can do basics, but I'm not a proper cook. I can do a roast. I can stick a chicken in the oven with vegetables.

I understand that in some families both parents have to work, so the kids are home alone eating more processed foods. But if the kids know how to make oatmeal or eggs in the morning or pasta or a lentil soup at night - we're giving them real survival tools.

I'm the joke of the family with cooking because I've never done it - primarily because I've been surrounded by people who are so good at it. Mum's brilliant. Boyfriends have always been good at it. I'm waiting for my inner chef to be released.

I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses.

Keep it simple in the kitchen. If you use quality ingredients, you don't need anything fancy to make food delicious: just a knife, a cutting board, and some good nonstick cookware, and you're set.

My mom has a rare talent for being able to open up the refrigerator, and with the peas, the leftover eggs, the cream, the spinach, the cheese, and a little rice, she can just whip up incredible risotto.

I cook a little - I've never taken classes or anything - but enough to get by.