Alexandra Guarnaschelli Quotes

The most I like about cooking is eating what someone else has cooked.

I don't know what singers feel like when they make a song and people clap along and love it, but when people walk up to me and say the food was outstanding, that's what it is all about. I cook because I like to make people happy.

To eat in the same room where food is cooked - that is the way to thank the Lord for His abundance.

In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans.

The older I get, the more interested in good meals I am.

I'm really interested in food now. I never used to be. I always used to just eat when I'm hungry, and now it's an experience.

I love everything about food; if you took it away you would be depriving me of one of my greatest pleasures. I love the whole process of it - buying it, cooking it, eating it, talking about it, talking over it.

There is nothing more satisfying to me than seeing people who eat my food have smiles on their faces. It makes the experience special.

I love food. I'm a big food person. I'm really passionate about eating good food all the time.

As a girl, I had zero interest in the stove. I've always had a healthy appetite, especially for the wonderful meat and the fresh produce of California, but I was never encouraged to cook and just didn't see the point in it.

Eating is a necessity but a pleasure as well.

I had decided I wanted to write about food, and I knew the only way to do that is to speak with authority, which meant learning the language and knowing what that experience is like.

I'm from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food. And I'm thankful for that.

Food is a passion. Food is love.

I think eating in itself is the act of great sensuality, so all you have to do is point the camera in the right direction.

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.

Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread - there may be.

I really like having someone who knows about food and what goes well together make a meal for me.

At the restaurant, we strive to create an excellent experience for our guests, and in the kitchen, we could not do this without having access to the best ingredients, equipment and tools, including Victorinox Cutlery.

Both my parents are chefs... I grew up in a restaurant and was always surrounded by cooks. I love food.

The best food I've had was actually in catering at 'Single Ladies.' It's insane. I can't live in Atlanta. In fact, even if I'm offered, I'm not sure I could come back for another six months, because I'll just be fat.

I'm not a chef. But I'm passionate about food - the tradition of it, cooking it, and sharing it.

You can have intense food experience with less food. Europeans have intense food experiences but eat less food.

God, Americans know how to cook.

Everybody has their role in the food world and what they choose to appreciate. I'm not a fine dining chef. I appreciate it. I think Thomas Keller is amazing. But I really like where I'm at; I like what I do. I like how it makes people feel.