Samin Nosrat Quotes

I make a mean pecan pie, and I have a great recipe for pralines - also using pecans. Pralines take a lot of patience, and patience is a must in the duck blind as well as in the kitchen. Good things come to those who wait.

I've always believed that pastry chefs are born, not made. They're patient, methodical, tidy, and organized. It's why I stick to the savory side of the kitchen - I'm far too messy and impulsive to do all the measuring, timing, and rule-following that pastry demands.

I can make cookies and do easy stuff. Pies are very specific and hard to do well though.

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

You know, my grandmother used to say, 'While I'm down here planning, God's up there laughing.' I guess the thing with most things that are worthwhile is that you can't give up easily. You've got to hang in.

He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding.

You've got to have faith. You've got to begin to continue to hope and not give up on others.

So give up waiting as a state of mind. When you catch yourself slipping into waiting . . . snap out of it. Come into the present moment. Just be, and enjoy being. If you are present, there is never any need for you to wait for anything. So next time somebody says, “Sorry to have kept you waiting,” you can reply, “That's all right, I wasn't waiting. I was just standing

There's an oatmeal cookie in there. I see no reason for the existence of oatmeal, particularly in cookies.

The first year was like icing. Then the cake started to show through.

It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.

I know all about the despair of overcoming chronic temptation. It is not serious, provided self-offended petulance, annoyance at breaking records, impatience, etc., don't get the upper hand. No amount of falls will really undo us if we keep picking ourselves up each time...The only fatal thing is to lose one's temper and give up.

Things worth having don't come easy," Woods said. "You have to fight for it until you're tired of fighting, and then you take a breather and fight some more." He squeezed my shoulder. "Don't give up. You'll regret it.

Never give up. Just follow your dreams because this business can be so hard sometimes. It doesn't happen overnight where you get an audition or even a callback and get the role. It takes time.

Where there's cake, there's hope. And there's always cake.

Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.

Don't give up on the people you love. Your patient love and faithfulness may be exactly what they need to make a complete turnaround.

The next time you're disappointed, don't panic. Don't give up. Just be patient and let God remind you He's still in control.

The main reason for people's lack of success is their willingness to give up what they want most of all, for what they want right now!

Almost everything that I behold in this wonderful country bears traces of improvement and reform - everything except Pie.

Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.

You like pie? I like pie.

Hey, ah, does anyone want a cookie or something? Oh yeah. A cookie. That would make everything better. Dunked in a shot of tequila , maybe? Or better yet, just the bottle? Yeah, that ought to do it.

I like to serve chocolate cake, because it doesn't show the dirt.

Part 1- In search of Hot Chocolate-Chip Cookies