Kiran Desai Quotes

I lived my whole life in the kitchen. Not only that, but it's the passion, it's the love for cooking and food. It's dictated my entire life - every aspect of it.

I studied to be a chef as a side thing, a little hobby that I enjoyed doing, but I ended up falling madly in love with the food and the lifestyle.

Every author has to eventually write a food book.

I've cooked just about everything really.

I would like to, at some point, do a cookbook.

All I watch is the Food Network. I took a cheesemaking class a few weeks ago, and I told my family and friends to only get me kitchen stuff on my birthday. I'm into every kind of cookbook and anything by Anthony Bourdain. I'd love to own a restaurant if I could find the right chef.

I would definitely be interested in doing a cooking show or something related to cooking, and I think probably most immediately, I would do a cookbook.

I've never gone to culinary school, but I do love cooking.

I'm working on a second cookbook and am working on my love story, 'Black Heels to Tractor Wheels.'

So many of the recipes that I come up with have a story. I'm a blogger. It flowed very naturally out of me, but I also knew this was a way to set my recipes apart. A, they are always using interesting ingredients but B, there is always a story behind it.

I love cooking. People seem to enjoy my food, but I absolutely love it. I'm one of those people who will buy a cookery book and take it to bed and read it.

I loved editing, and being a cookbook editor is a really a great job.

My passion for writing cookbooks really came from my love of collecting cookbooks.

I have a real interest in baking. I'd love to go to culinary school. That's actually my plan: to graduate high school and go to culinary school.

Writing about food is my default.

I think I wrote my first piece about food in 1978.

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

I love food and am very good at improvising when preparing it - it's a really creative experience for me.

I always had a fantasy of being a chef, because I like kitchen life.

I would love to do a cookery show and cookery books. I'm not a professional cook, but I can definitely cook. I know the difference between good and bad cooking. I mean, when I was in 'Big Brother' I was the glorified cook of the house, so if I got offered my own show - then why not?

In recent years, I've been writing because I'm fortunate enough to work in the world of food television, to travel and taste and learn about cooking from the best chefs in the business.

I wanted to write a food book, but I'm not a chef or an expert on culinary matters, to put it mildly.

I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world.

The history of cooking is my passion, and cooking is my passion.

I seriously love to cook... My grandmother was an amazing cook. As a kid I used to help her make handmade pasta, Cavatelli and Ravioli. It was one of my favorite things to do. I love the idea of making whatever is in the fridge into something.