Philip Rosenthal Quotes

I really have a passion for food. Of course, music, but behind that, it's food.

I am a better cook than I am an actor. If I have any ego, it's about cooking. I'm one of the best cooks... and I cook in any language.

If I wasn't an actress, I'd like to cook. I'm pretty obsessed by it. Rome was great in that sense, going to amazing cookery bookshops. No wonder their food is good because the quality and wide range of their produce is so good. It's not fair, really.

I went to school for culinary arts. I love to cook. That's a talent not a lot of people know about.

I don't have the talent, the temperament, or the patience to be a great chef. I'd much rather order from someone who can really do it. I love restaurants. They make my life better.

I've always been fascinated by chefs and the worlds of chefs - what they do is incredibly cinematic.

I've always been a foodie. My grandmother got me hooked on cooking.

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.

However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about.

The album 'Kelis Was Here' sucked the life out of me, and so I went off and studied to be a Cordon Bleu chef. What's great about food is that it's less about who you know and what you look like, and more about if you're any good.

As a girl, I had zero interest in the stove. I've always had a healthy appetite, especially for the wonderful meat and the fresh produce of California, but I was never encouraged to cook and just didn't see the point in it.

I love good food. I'm an epicurean, that's for sure... But I am not really a good cook.

I'm a good cook, and I look at something like 'Iron Chef' and think, 'It's a good thing I already know how to cook' - because I would never think I could do it if I watched these shows.

God, Americans know how to cook.

I've always loved to cook, and then my love of it just grew as I got older and started traveling and started entertaining.

You can love food without being a cook. Equally, you can love food and be a very good cook.

I'm a good cook, but I can't bake.

I have always loved food, and for me, even if I was on a beach, I would be cooking food every day.

I'm a beast in the kitchen.

Recipes are overrated.

There are some things that I like, like education, wine, and I'd like to be a good cook, although I'm a pretty good eater now.

I'm a really good cook. I bake a lot. I cook dinner most nights. I cook everything from Italian food to Mexican food. But if I'm going to some place and it's a potluck, I'm always the one to bring dessert!

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

I don't consider myself a food person. I'm no Bobby Flay. I'm no Emeril or Paula Deen, and I'm certainly not Rachael Ray.

I have met a lot of top chefs around the world during my travels. Each one of them has said 'Ratatouille' is their favorite movie and the only movie that truly captures what they do.