Delia Smith Quotes

I'm a home cook and love to read about food, but I'm not trained as a chef. I'm just really into cooking and passionate about it.

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.

As I grew steadily more comfortable in the kitchen, I found that, much like gardening, most cooking manages to be agreeably absorbing without being too demanding intellectually. It leaves plenty of mental space for daydreaming and reflection.

I love to cook so much. I like to cook everything. I really like to eat my food.

I did a show a long, long time ago called 'Cooking Mexican'. It was a studio show as opposed to on-location like the one I do now. Before my first show, I was a cooking instructor, and I did a whole lot of classes for home cooks about Mexican food.

Cooking classes are a great way to hone your skills, learn new recipes, and meet like-minded friends. Spending time in the kitchen with people who love to cook as much as you do is fun and educational.

I have always loved food. I began cooking for my family as a young girl, and to this day, it's one of my greatest pleasures in life.

The way to entice people into cooking is to cook delicious things.

Nobody who cooks does it with full hair and makeup in front of a TV camera.

The thing about cooking is it's so interesting to watch. I don't know why, but if you go to somebody's house and they're making something, they usually say interesting things while they're cooking.

I'm a home cook, and I'm constantly embarrassed by twentysomethings who really do know the mechanics of cooking. How to build a sauce.

I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher.

When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty.

I started cooking when I was about 10. I have memories like when I was 6 or 7 with my mom, and when I was 12 I started getting real serious about cooking.

I really like cooking according to the season. I like to get creative with what's fresh.

However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about.

I do like to cook; I'm sort of a mad scientist in the kitchen.

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

I'm a really good cook. I left home to start my career at 15 - so my choices were to either learn to cook or eat Ramen noodles for the rest of my life.

I really enjoy making dinner for my kids and my husband - chopping ginger and marinating the tofu.

I remember the Food Network when it was first starting out: Emeril Lagasse and all those people who helped make it when it was on a shoestring budget. It actually encouraged me to start cooking.

I do a lot of recipe creation. Translation: cooking tempting dishes that must be eaten.

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

I love to cook. I could never give that up.

I learned to cook because I want to know about the food and the ingredients going into my family's bodies.