Edmund White Quotes

You wouldn't know it but I'm no good at... cooking. My chef does that.

The best way to get anybody's attention is dinner. I have good kitchen skills and good grocery shopping skills.

Being a cook doesn't necessarily mean you are a competitor.

I think cookery shows have become so sophisticated, and everyone's so marvellous at it, but there are people like me who aren't into the cooking malarkey, who still don't know how to boil an egg for three minutes.

I cook chicken for a living.

I ended up wanting to be a cook and hold my own in a restaurant.

I wouldn't call being a chef gratifying in a lot of ways. It's an act of love.

I can chop and peel vegetables but can't cook full meals.

I know my way around the kitchen. I like to cook, so I can fry an egg. I guess I could be a fry cook at Bob's Big Boy or something, or maybe a sous chef somewhere a little nicer. I would like to do that. I think I can probably pick that up pretty quickly.

I'm actually a good cook.

I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy.

I can cook really well. I started cooking as a kid, so I can fend for myself in the kitchen and even do a little gourmet action.

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.

Being a chef would be too much hard work.

I don't cook, but I would love to learn.

I'm not a cook. I don't think I ever will be.

I love to cook. My mom taught me to cook at a very, very young age.

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 respect anybody that cooks. I know how hard it is.

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.

I'm not a chef: I'm a cook.

If you want to be a home cook, just have fun with it. Pick up a couple cookbooks. You're gonna make some mistakes; just go in and try it.

I've never cooked a great meal.

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

I know how to cook, so working in the kitchen will never be an issue.