Alice Waters Quotes

It's a challenge to demonstrate that you can prepare some really interesting food with humble ingredients.

One thing that improved my cooking skills was being a poor student in California... If you don't have much money, you have to learn to cook.

I like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes you away from everything, as you are thinking only of your dish.

I think I grew up with the idea that there was something comforting about preparing food.

I love cooking; it's a very good way to get your mind off things.

I've always loved to cook. It helps me to relax and gives me peace. It's my nourishment.

I can't even cook an egg. The only thing I can do well is baking bread. I love it and find it incredibly therapeutic.

Cooking puts me at ease; it gives me control over what's happening, and I know that the finished product is gonna be good, so I'm gonna be satisfied. That's kind of how I keep myself grounded.

I find that cooking is relaxing and makes me feel at home.

I'm a big cook and prefer to make meals at home when I can. I'm either cooking, or we're going to a drive-through somewhere. I'm really proud of my homemade sweet potato pie. At Thanksgiving I make five of them because they go quick.

My ritual is cooking. I find it therapeutic. It comes naturally to me. I can read a recipe and won't have to look at it again.

I love to cook comfort food. I'll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.

Hearing that people read my books when they were sick, or that the books helped them find an escape when they were having a hard time... stuff like that makes all the hard work pay off.

I'm frugal. I'm not a very acquisitive woman. I never waste food. If you prepare your own food, you engage with the world, it tastes alive. It tastes good.

Cooking, to me, it's kind of therapeutic. It's completely different from music as well. I'm not amazing at it, but I can cook myself a good meal. And I'm not just saying this, but anytime I'm on the bus or at home, I'm watching Food Network or cooking on TV just 'cause it's interesting to me.

We all have movies for times in our lives when we really need something.

For me, calling my mom really helps soothe me when I'm spiraling. Having someone to talk to, whether it's a therapist, your brother, or a friend, can be such a positive thing.

After a show, people say, 'I bet you want to just sit back and relax.' No way. First thing I want to do when I'm home is cook.

Money can't buy you happiness, but it helps you look for it in a lot more places.

My fans were probably the most therapeutic thing for me.

I love to make fried chicken.

Every man must know how to cook; this is the first thing that we are taught back home.

Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy.

A lot of time, I have to be the person who just goes, 'Hey dude, don't even trip. Don't worry about it.'

Learn to cook. The way to someone's heart is through their stomach, whether for a friend or a significant other.