Chris Pavone Quotes

I would like to, at some point, do a cookbook.

I would definitely be interested in doing a cooking show or something related to cooking, and I think probably most immediately, I would do a cookbook.

I'm working on a second cookbook and am working on my love story, 'Black Heels to Tractor Wheels.'

I'm always in the kitchen, cooking and experimenting - I love it. And every now and then I think, 'I should write a cookbook' or, 'I should write for food magazines.' And then I get drawn back to writing fiction again.

My passion for writing cookbooks really came from my love of collecting cookbooks.

I wanted to write a food book, but I'm not a chef or an expert on culinary matters, to put it mildly.

I've seen cookbooks from lots of great chefs that have been disappointing. A book, to me, it has to have a story. Some of these people, they open a restaurant, and one year later, there's a cookbook. There's not much of a story yet.

Every author has to eventually write a food book.

A formative cookbook for me was Nigella Lawson's 'How to Eat.' Its warm, conversational tone is wonderful.

I've cooked just about everything really.

All I watch is the Food Network. I took a cheesemaking class a few weeks ago, and I told my family and friends to only get me kitchen stuff on my birthday. I'm into every kind of cookbook and anything by Anthony Bourdain. I'd love to own a restaurant if I could find the right chef.

Gastronomy is my hobby. I'm simply the casting director. Once I've brought all the right people together, it is they who must work together to tell a story.

I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.

I would love to do a cookery show and cookery books. I'm not a professional cook, but I can definitely cook. I know the difference between good and bad cooking. I mean, when I was in 'Big Brother' I was the glorified cook of the house, so if I got offered my own show - then why not?

In recent years, I've been writing because I'm fortunate enough to work in the world of food television, to travel and taste and learn about cooking from the best chefs in the business.

I can take a lot of pride that I can launch cookbooks and there's an audience out there that supports that.

I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world.

All chefs have pictures of food in their phones, stuffed pig's ears and pigs' heads and the like.

So many of the recipes that I come up with have a story. I'm a blogger. It flowed very naturally out of me, but I also knew this was a way to set my recipes apart. A, they are always using interesting ingredients but B, there is always a story behind it.

I studied to be a chef as a side thing, a little hobby that I enjoyed doing, but I ended up falling madly in love with the food and the lifestyle.

I've always liked food, and I've always been interested in cooking and stuff like that.

I'm not sure I'd write a good cookbook, but I might make a good cooking show.

I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical.

Directing movies is the best job there is, that's all. I can hardly say a word after that. It's just a great job.

If I could be something other than an actor, I'd be a chef; I've got a big interest in food. I'm a proper fan boy.