Nigella Lawson Quotes

When people ask me how to find happiness in life I tell them, First learn how to cook.

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

My mother gave me a real kick toward cooking, which was that if I wanted to eat, I'd better know how to do it myself.

I think you owe it to your kids to teach them how to cook - you know, self-survival.

I'm no cook. When I want lemon on chicken, I spray it with Pledge.

I spend more time in the kitchen than I have in the dining room, for obvious reasons, however, I just want to sit and indulge.

But I do think the idea that basic cooking skills are a virtue, that the ability to feed yourself and a few others with proficiency should be taught to every young man and woman as a fundamental skill, should become as vital to growing up as learning to wipe one’s own ass, cross the street by oneself, or be trusted with money.

Children aren't being taught to cook or encouraged to try things or told why food is important.

If you're picky, you have to learn about cooking.

I don't know how to cook at all.

I can chop and peel vegetables but can't cook full meals.

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.

I learned to cook when I was ten, and I could cook a whole meal for my family by thirteen - and I'm talking the chapatis as well.

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

I am actually a very good cook (if I may say so myself). I just don't know that many recipes.

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

My mom was as brilliant a cook as my dad is.

Learning to cook at school gave me the confidence to experiment in the kitchen when I left home in my late teens - I wasn't intimidated by it.

I love a good paella, so I'd love to be able to know how to cook one.

I don't know how to cook lettuce.

No one's born a good cook. You have to learn and practice.

Part of being a really good chef or cook is being able to fix disasters.

Stars was really good training. You know, we would come in at noon, and, you know, we would learn at that time what we were going to cook that evening. And, you know, there wasn't a set menu per se.

Females make better cooks than men. Females have a better palate. They have a better sense of smell. They never take shortcuts; this is why they're very good in kitchens. The weakness in what they do is they are not as physically strong as men, so they're never really given the opportunity.