Marcus Samuelsson Quotes

My wife and I both love cooking - I am an advanced male - so we argue about who gets to rustle up dinner.

My husband is the chef of the family; he's a brilliant cook. Actually, it makes you quite lazy when you have somebody that's so good at cooking under the same roof. It's all beans or spaghetti when I'm left to run it.

It's not that hard to make good food.

The way to get to like good food is by learning to cook, which is why I'm for ever banging on about children learning to cook.

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

I wouldn't say that processed food, ready meals and even takeaways aren't relevant to modern life, it's just that over the past 40 years there are three generations of people who have come out of school and gone through their home life without ever being shown how to cook properly.

I could lie and say my wife cooks for me, but she doesn't. My wife has never learnt cooking but she has great cooks at home.

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

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

I don't cook - I can cook - but I'm not very good. I like being asked over for dinner, because she can't cook either. We would starve if it weren't for modern technology. I know how to work a microwave, but love home cooked meals.

I really like having someone who knows about food and what goes well together make a meal for me.

Every three months, I'll say, 'Honey, I think I should learn how to cook'.

If you're picky, you have to learn about cooking.

As a self-proclaimed cooking disaster, I try to makes things that I think I can easily master.

I don't really cook much to be honest.

It's tough to eat well if you don't know how to cook.

Neither me or my wife are any good at cooking.

I'm not a cook at all, but I wanted to have a house with a really nice kitchen.

I turned down 'Come Dine With Me' because I can't cook.

I'm not a great cook, so I'd rather go out for brunch.

That was one thing my mama instilled in me: to be well trained in the kitchen. Growing up, I was always in the kitchen with her. You name it, I make it: red beans and rice, lasagna, chicken, pork. I am the queen of cooking.

One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.

I still think we have a long way to go on rebuilding a culture of cooking. Everyday simple cooking.

To me, that aspect of life that most touches the everyday and celebrations is food.