Claire Denis Quotes

Every cook I knows loves to make pizza.

I make unbelievable pizza.

I love food and I love ingredients and I love reading recipes. It's just a great pleasure.

I love cooking. I like to make lasagna - it's authentic Italian-style. I also do a great chicken recipe for a barbecue.

I love watching people enjoying food. It's very relaxing for me to cook.

I find cooking very sensual. I love getting in there with my hands instead of utensils. With all of the textures and everything, it's very erotic. Also the time it takes to prepare, and the anticipation and the buildup, you know. Then finally, you get to eat.

I love making cakes, and I'm good at it.

I love to eat, I love to feed people, and I'm a great cook. I joked with my friends that I wanted to write a book where desserts had to be extensively researched, since I have a terrible sweet tooth. My particular downfall is cake.

I love to cook. It is a simple pastime.

When I studied at the Parisian cookery school Le Cordon Bleu, making shortcrust pastry was one of the first techniques I learned.

I have been a baker for more than 30 years now, and in terms of equipment, all I really need is flour. It still amazes me what a versatile commodity it is, as you can do so many different things with it, and I never tire of trying new blends and recipes.

My bread and croissants wouldn't win a prize! I'm not an expert in yeast cookery.

Even when I make pizza, I make it from the scratch and prepare the dough.

Making cake is one of the easiest things in the world.

I do all the cooking in the family. I cook Italian, mostly, pastas and roasts, and bit by bit, I'm learning how to bake. I think cooking is a gift to other people.

If acting doesn't work out, I'm probably going to be a professional chef.

I respect anybody that cooks. I know how hard it is.

Alan Arkin is a good cook.

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

I love cookbooks. I collect them.

One summer, when I was on break from architecture school in Tijuana, my aunt gave me a summer job cleaning up and peeling garlic, and I got to see her in her element. She was so passionate and such a good teacher, I decided to quit architecture school and go to culinary school in Los Angeles.

Desserts are my life - making them, eating them, and teaching others how to prepare them perfectly.

I started cooking around 9 years old. I would make crepes at home for my parents. By 15 years old, I had started my apprenticeship at a bakery.

Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy.

I like to make everything and I can really cook.