Laurie Colwin Quotes

The best way to get anybody's attention is dinner. I have good kitchen skills and good grocery shopping skills.

I think cookery shows have become so sophisticated, and everyone's so marvellous at it, but there are people like me who aren't into the cooking malarkey, who still don't know how to boil an egg for three minutes.

I actually struggled through teaching myself to cook because I'm completely ignorant in the kitchen. So I did really macho things like trying to make my own curry. Really hardcore stuff.

It helps immerse yourself in what you potentially want to do. Being involved, learning firsthand and observing the craft and absorbing all you can, makes it easier to define what you want. It will also ultimately make you a better Chef. Culinary school, or even a single class, is a great bet too.

I'm so thankful that Mum taught me to cook, because not every day is a takeaway day.

My parents both worked full time. I remember a lot of simple meals. Everything I know about cooking is self-schooled.

All my family were brilliant cooks when I was growing up, but I ended up just cleaning up, so I've always lacked confidence in the kitchen.

Now everybody thinks that once you do Top Chef, then 13 weeks later you're a chef. Nobody wants to learn to cook anymore.

Cooking is the showy side of domesticity.

I don't cook very well at all. I'm the girl that can't make scrambled eggs.

I can cook really well. I started cooking as a kid, so I can fend for myself in the kitchen and even do a little gourmet action.

I don't cook, but I would love to learn.

My husband is the chef of the family; he's a brilliant cook. Actually, it makes you quite lazy when you have somebody that's so good at cooking under the same roof. It's all beans or spaghetti when I'm left to run it.

Many rock musicians are excellent cooks, I've found, and those that are prefer to eat their own cooking in the studio. I encourage this behavior as I also enjoy the benefits of fresh food.

It's just us trying to start a movement where everybody passes on a bit of cooking knowledge. We estimate that one person can potentially affect 180 others very quickly so we're just trying to spread the word.

I do like to cook. But I only cook a few things, but those few things I do really well.

I don't cook - I can cook - but I'm not very good. I like being asked over for dinner, because she can't cook either. We would starve if it weren't for modern technology. I know how to work a microwave, but love home cooked meals.

I love to cook. My mom taught me to cook at a very, very young age.

All the women in my family were superb cooks.

It came to me that the one thing I could do was cook. And I figured I couldn't do any worse than the people running these places around town.

I grew up in a house where I was a spectator to the sport of cooking. In that way, I just learned so much about what it really takes to make food.

As a self-proclaimed cooking disaster, I try to makes things that I think I can easily master.

When I left restaurants, I had to learn to be a home cook.

It's tough to eat well if you don't know how to cook.

I could not be more thrilled to be writing about the recipes I love and think are essential to any novice home cook, professional, and somewhere in between.