Wolfgang Puck Quotes

Food is a passion because I basically grew up in a kitchen. My mother was a gourmet chef and I'm the youngest of five kids. We would always congregate in the kitchen.

Food is a passion because I basically grew up in a kitchen.

Growing up, my mom had a catering business. I used to help her pretty early on and loved doing it. My mom is an amazing cook, and she helped me cultivate a love for food. She taught me that food can be beautiful. We eat not just for survival, but we survive to eat. It's part of who I am.

My dad gave me the gene to enjoy cooking, and to enjoy consuming good food and wine.

I love cooking. It's one of my favorite things to do. To share my parents' recipes that I grew up with is just something very special to me.

It's around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world.

One of my dad's biggest passions is cooking, so we always had good food at home.

I am learning cooking... all my mother's recipes.

I'm so thankful that Mum taught me to cook, because not every day is a takeaway day.

There's not a lot of things that I'm confident about in life, but the way I feel about food is my one thing that I really feel such a strong connection to.

More than anything, a lot of our family's history is tied to food. It's just one of those things.

I don't cook, and I don't care to, but Gabrielle Hamilton made me realize that food is about love and connection. And she has had a hell of an interesting life.

Food has always been a passion for me from a very young age.

Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food

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. So, in some ways, the thought of not being able to do that anymore radically affects your life.

I don't have a long family history of good cooks in my family.

At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind.

I really have a passion for food. Of course, music, but behind that, it's food.

I grew up in the kitchen, mostly with my grandfather, my mother and my aunt Raffy.

I have always loved food. I began cooking for my family as a young girl, and to this day, it's one of my greatest pleasures in life.

I was a foodie and I continue to be a foodie.

I love food. I mean, I really love food. I take pictures of my finest, funniest and most fascinating dishes, post them on Twitter, and send them to friends. I treat menus like classic literature, refusing to skip even one word. I read the description of every item, regardless of whether or not I'm interested in eating it.

I have memories of my grandfather Kirkman making mashed potatoes that were so good because they tasted like a bowl of butter. I love my mom's brownies. My favorite thing about both of those recipes is that someone else made them for me.

It is an honor to open in New York City and to have the opportunity to serve and share our family's version of American Chinese food and hospitality. New York City deeply influenced my passion for food and service, and it feels good to be back.

Women's cooking has always had a big influence on me personally.