Rachael Ray Quotes

My kids are always in the kitchen with me - I bring them to the bakery and let them decorate cakes, and they also try to help me and my wife, Lisa, cook dinner at night.

For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drudgery, but discovery, sharing and showing off with friends, trying new ideas.

Dinner is where the magic happens in the kitchen.

Because I actually like cooking for people, people like what I cook for them.

If you're cooking for someone important - whether it's your boss or a date - never try a new recipe and a new ingredient at the same time.

Cooking is an important part of a good, stable family life. I like to get the family together; there's a huge nurturing element in it.

I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.

I know the crew so well, so I forget I'm being filmed. It's like cooking with a friend in the kitchen - you're talking, as you do, and maybe you're telling her about this wonderful way to prepare lamb chops - it's more natural, more honest.

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 do not cook.

I know every movement of my kitchen.

Growing up, I had a very busy social life. It wasn't until I was a sophomore in high school that I asked Mama if I could come into the kitchen and have her teach me how to cook something.

I don't cook. I think they named the 'Mike'-rowave after me.

You want to be the baddest guy in the kitchen and you want the person next to you to know it.

Go back to the kitchen.

I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid.

When I come home, all I do is cook. I love cooking, so I go to markets, buy food, cook it for friends. I love doing that.

The kids are really great at baking cupcakes, cookies, of course - that kind of stuff - but I love delegating responsibilities for dinner so you have them picking herbs, or I have plastic knives for them so they're learning sort of how to chop. It's pretty great.

As I grew steadily more comfortable in the kitchen, I found that, much like gardening, most cooking manages to be agreeably absorbing without being too demanding intellectually. It leaves plenty of mental space for daydreaming and reflection.

I feel like I can teach anyone to cook a dinner.

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

The best advice for building up confidence in the kitchen - start small. Don't go after the super intense Julia Child coq au vin recipe. Pick something simple and tackle it.

The people who I enjoy cooking for the most are my family.

Many people think spending an hour or two in the kitchen is a waste of time. But it is a good investment in your spiritual development.

Making food is a wonderful way to spend a Friday night.