Lela Rose Quotes

I am good at just looking in the kitchen and getting stuff on the table and keeping the mess minimal. There's an art to the drudgery.

I learned how to handle myself in the kitchen - where to stand and how to be out of people's way and how to function like a machine.

Open shelving may be fashionable, but a closed cabinet door is the best way to stop grease and dust collecting in the first place.

Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters.

My life at home gives me absolute joy. There are some days when, as soon as you've finished cooking breakfast and cleaning up the kitchen, it's time to start lunch, and by the time you've done that, you're doing dinner and thinking, 'There has to be a menu we can order from.'

Everyone could use instructions on every aspect of cooking: pantry, storage, refrigeration, cooking, what to buy. Everyone that I come into contact with could use help.

I am simply not interested in the pots and pans affair, and neither can I bring myself to be interested in the same. I have such great cooks in the family that I would rather manage the other affairs and leave the kitchen to those who know it best.

I know I can cook, but the place where I cook... it's a mess! I'm very disorganized.

Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.

I know how to cook, so working in the kitchen will never be an issue.

As a working mother of a large family, preparing meals and shopping for groceries is time consuming and hard work.

Do the dishes while you're cooking.

When I'm writing, I spend all my time in The Grocer on Elgin buying ready-made meals; I think they are the only reason my husband and kids haven't left me.

Be sure to read a recipe all the way through before you cook. The time it saves you in the long run is invaluable.

I believe that anyone can cook a great meal. Basically all you need to do is get your hands on some fresh ingredients and not be afraid to make a mess in the kitchen.

It's very important in a restaurant to really do the right hiring because there's no restaurant that you have one cook and one chef and nobody else in the kitchen. Generally you have five, ten, 15 people with you. So that's really important is to train them right, but first you have to hire the right people.

At the beginning of the week, I roast a ton of vegetables so I can use them for the next few days. I also plan out meals in advance.

A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.

I just want to make lunches and organize my kids' playroom.

I used to love looking at a recipe, getting all the bits and pieces in the shops, getting them ready and prepared... I don't really have the time to do that anymore.

I don't cook, 'cause I don't know how to cook.

I'm the kind of girl who thinks about what she's gonna cook for dinner when she's finishing her lunch.

I go out to the kitchen to feed the dog, but that's about as much cooking as I do.

Go back to the kitchen.

You have to be disciplined about being in the kitchen.