Dia Mirza Quotes

I started cooking when I was about 10. I have memories like when I was 6 or 7 with my mom, and when I was 12 I started getting real serious about cooking.

I grew up cooking. I was always in my grandma's cooking, and I never thought of it as a career.

I learned to cook when I was ten, and I could cook a whole meal for my family by thirteen - and I'm talking the chapatis as well.

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 seriously love to cook... My grandmother was an amazing cook. As a kid I used to help her make handmade pasta, Cavatelli and Ravioli. It was one of my favorite things to do. I love the idea of making whatever is in the fridge into something.

I've cooked my whole life, and I grew up in a household of cooks.

A chef's palate is born out of his childhood, and one thing all chefs have in common is a mother who can cook.

I don't have a long family history of good cooks in my family.

I learnt basic cookery by watching my mum.

When I first started to cook, I would cook these elaborate meals, but I rarely cook at home now.

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

My mother gave me a real kick toward cooking, which was that if I wanted to eat, I'd better know how to do it myself.

I love cooking. My Italian mother is a genius cook, and I picked that up from her. I make my own sauce, which takes four hours, from a recipe that's been refined over many years. I won't tell anybody what it is.

I must confess, I'm not the best cook. I make a mean salsa, as I like hot sauce and, you know, tacos, because I'm a California kid, and that's about it.

I was aiming for the cooks that I've talked to by teaching an online course and by traveling, listening to people who are really busy and harried but want to be cooking.

It came to me that the one thing I could do was cook. And I figured I couldn't do any worse than the people running these places around town.

I grew up in a house where I was a spectator to the sport of cooking. In that way, I just learned so much about what it really takes to make food.

Every man must know how to cook; this is the first thing that we are taught back home.

When I left restaurants, I had to learn to be a home cook.

My mom was as brilliant a cook as my dad is.

My mum, she's a really good cook, she was our school cook as well, so in primary school. She was always cooking and in the kitchen so I've always been interested in it through her.

I'm so thankful that Mum taught me to cook, because not every day is a takeaway day.

Both my parents are wonderful cooks - my father looks like he has been in the kitchen his whole life.

I've cooked just about everything really.

I always knew that food and wine were vital, with my mother being Italian and a good cook.