Tamzin Outhwaite Quotes

I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.

My signature dish - something I've been making since I was 10 - is angel hair pasta with shrimp and feta in a white-wine basil sauce with tomatoes, because it's absolutely amazing.

My mom, ever the Italian, made braised chicken with tomato.

I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta.

I've always been able to cook Italian food. That's in my blood because I'm half Sicilian.

My mother made soft polenta often, and as a child, I would watch her stir until she looked like her arm would fall off.

You look at the Barefoot Contessa or Lydia Bastianich, and it's just like watching your mother cooking.

For me, food is all about nostalgia.

Some of the best dishes I can remember are from my childhood. Sometimes, whenever I want to feel like a kid again, I just whip them up for the family.

Thin crust, provolone cheese, marinara sauce - it's just a St. Louis thing. That's what I grew up eating.

Growing up, I loved looking at the photos in my mother's old Betty Crocker cookbook: the chocolate cakes, the cookie house, even the cheese balls and fondues.

My mom used to make delicious aloo ke parathe, and would give me two for school lunch.

I grew up eating chicken and dumplings in my grandma's kitchen.

My sisters like cooking at my place. It has a bit more room, and the food tastes a little bit better. A big pot of spaghetti and sauce, some warm French bread - works all the time. I think I've been eating pasta for 26 years.

I love the simplicity, the ingredients, the culture, the history and the seasonality of Italian cuisine. In Italy people do not travel. They cook the way grandma did, using fresh ingredients and what is available in season.

My favorite thing is Spaghetti with white clam sauce anywhere on the Amalfi Coast or the Tuscan Coast.

I cook a lot of Italian food. Bucatini Pomodoro is my best: it's a fat spaghetti with tomato, olive oil, and reminds me of getting married in Italy.

I love spaghetti and meatballs... I eat a lot.

I do make a good ragu pasta, which everyone seems to like. Or that could be just me talking; who knows what they really think. I actually stole the recipe from my older sister Vera, who also loves to cook. I took all my recipes from her.

There is nothing like a good old recipe. If it has lasted, then it is good.

I seriously love to cook... My grandmother was an amazing cook. As a kid I used to help her make handmade pasta, Cavatelli and Ravioli. It was one of my favorite things to do. I love the idea of making whatever is in the fridge into something.

Oh, my wife is a wonderful cook. She comes from a food-loving Italian family - her father owned a pizzeria!

I love cooking, and I can make real good rajma chawal. It is a time consuming process and only for the consumption of a select few very special people. Also, I can make delicious mutton biryani, but I must confess I have stolen the recipe from my mother.

I like Sicilian food. It's real peasant food.

When I eat something like vegetable bibimbap, I get that warm and fuzzy feeling of eating stuff that I grew up with.