Daniel Boulud Quotes

I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.

Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.

I love cooking and having people over and it means you don't have to get a babysitter.

The house is always full, and we're always cooking - outside, inside, for six, eight, a dozen, 20 people.

I used to write cookbooks. It was passion to try to bring healthy and fun recipes to people's homes. It was a way to bring my home to theirs.

My kids really like food, and they like to cook, so it's a lot of fun to shop with them.

My friends love coming over because they get fed.

When I want to really eat great, I eat at home when my wife cooks.

Day-to-day life is a lot of work. I work a lot on stand-up stuff, and then day-to-day life and, you know, just living. It's always different. Try to work out, try to stay in shape, and try to have some fun.

I don't gamble anymore since I had a kid. I have fun in Vegas. I see shows, Cirque du Soleil. Don Rickles was in town last time I was there. I'll have lunch with George Wallace. I just look in the Weekly calendar and see who's performing, and inevitably, we all meet up late night at one of the casinos. Jesus, I sound boring.

I am from Spain, but my family and I have made America our home. For the last 17 years, I have been cooking Spanish food in Washington, D.C.

I've been experimenting more and more with LN2, liquid nitrogen. I've used it in battle on 'Iron Chef America,' but have also made some great ice creams at home for my family. Since it freezes basically on contact, you can have ice cream ready in mere minutes.

Kitchens are for conversation. They're not just for cooking; they're for conversations.

The kitchen is the most important place in any house. Visit your family, and that's where you'll end up. Go to a party, that's where everyone congregates.

The kitchen is a sacred space.

SNL is a home. You've got all of your brothers and sisters there, and it's a great time.

I'm not a nightclub person, but you need to have a social life sometimes.

When I'm home, I cook. I love cooking for people.

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 make a dog-friendly version of almost everything that we make for dinner.

I'm not someone who sits at home and doesn't like to go out, doesn't like to watch movies. I like to live my life.

The No. 1 thing the people I have spent time with in my life have done for fun is playing music.

Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.

I love being at home now, improving my cooking. I've got a really bad memory, so my first attempts were a disaster - I'd forget what ingredients to put in. But I do a lasagna that's a crowd-pleaser, and a good lemon drizzle cake, which I take to my mom's for the Sunday roast to fatten the family up.

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.