Jed Mercurio Quotes

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

At home in Devon, my wife Jessica does a huge proportion of the cooking - I do the basics. My timing is extremely good, particularly when it comes to vegetables, perhaps because in my work, timing is everything. I know exactly what fits into a minute when broadcasting, and I apply the same to carrots.

I love to cook. I love to cook for myself and my husband and big groups. I find it very relaxing, and I love socializing around a dinner table.

I have so many friends who don't know how to cook.

The only thing I've cooked while entertaining is stir-fry.

Patience is the secret to good food.

Great cooking favors the prepared hands.

When I entertain, I want to have fun. But I'm also a control person. I don't go in for those everyone-in-the-kitchen cooking scenes. So if I want to be with my guests, I have to do everything - or nearly everything - in advance.

I can't do most things, if I'm honest, but cooking I definitely can't do.

I am simply not interested in the pots and pans affair, and neither can I bring myself to be interested in the same. I have such great cooks in the family that I would rather manage the other affairs and leave the kitchen to those who know it best.

I love to cook. I love having friends over and family. I am definitely a feeder - I feed everybody. I am jumping around the kitchen like a crazy woman.

I'm very good at ordering off the menu and eating food that other people cook for me. My husband's a fantastic cook. I always come with a good appetite!

People are in a hurry. They don't want to look at a long list of ingredients. Cooking is terribly hard work.

My husband is the cook at our house. I can make dessert and salad, but I stay away from meals. He makes amazing omelets, fish, and grilled vegetables like Brussels sprouts and cauliflower.

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

I do cook whenever the time permits. But my daughter Isha is a much better cook than I am.

Dinner is where the magic happens in the kitchen.

When I do a cooking class now, I tell people that the most important part is to read the recipe many times so you know what you're doing. What I don't tell them, though, is that sometimes I do parties where I'm rushing so much I don't have time to follow my own advice.

It's not a party unless I'm cooking. Some people find entertaining stressful, but it is therapeutic for me; I find it relaxing.

I can't cook to save my life.

I consider a good dinner party at our house to be where people drink and eat more than they're meant to. My husband is a really fantastic cook. His mother is Italian and if you walk into our house, we assume you're starving.

I just really love having dinner parties and hanging out.

You have to be disciplined about being in the kitchen.

Whenever I am stressed, I cook a good meal for my wife. Many people don't know this, but I'm actually a great cook.

I love cooking - I make dinner pretty much every night.