Elizabeth David Quotes

You can't fake being able to cook well.

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've never cooked a great meal.

...no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.

Cooking is about presenting flavors and other aspects of food in a way that makes best use of them and makes an engaging, satisfying meal. Taste necessarily comes into it along with technique. Some ingredients require cooking, cleaning or otherwise denaturing them, some are fine as they are.

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

Patience is the secret to good food.

Sorry, I'm not much of a cook.

I am very, very proud of my ability as a cook.

Give yourself enough time to really learn how to cook.

I'm not a cook. I like to watch the Food Network, but I don't like to cook.

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

I do not cook.

I've never been a great cook.

I don't know if I am a good cook, but I am a dedicated cook.

It's a life lesson they need to have, a skill everybody needs - to cook.

I'm actually a really good cook, and people don't believe this about me!

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

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

When I was a player it was not normal that I would cook at home but now that I have more time, I do sometimes. I like it, I like to cook and maybe sometime I would like to have some lessons.

I loved the minute I realized I was good at cooking. Like, I had a moment - I made a roasted chicken, and I remember watching people's faces as they ate it, and I thought at that time, 'Oh, I am good at this.'

I'm a terrible cook but I wish I wasn't.

Cooking is not effortless. To get a recipe that feels effortless is really hard.

Anyone can cook, and most everyone should.

I love to cook; I cook every day. Chicken features a lot in our lives.