Culinary Storytelling Quotes

I became a cook so I could cook and tell stories in wacky ways.

I always say that I don't believe I'm a chef. I try to be a storyteller.

For me, food is about memories, feelings, emotions, and so is Le Bernardin, and that's why it's not just a restaurant.

So many of the recipes that I come up with have a story. I'm a blogger. It flowed very naturally out of me, but I also knew this was a way to set my recipes apart. A, they are always using interesting ingredients but B, there is always a story behind it.

My approach goes way beyond simply ingredients and techniques. Every dish has to have a story.

A writing cook and a cooking writer must be bold at the desk as well as the stove.

The thing I liked about writing about food when I started it was that I felt I was writing about food in a different way. Not like a food writer.

Food serves two parallel purposes: it nourishes and it helps you remember. Eating and storytelling are inseparable-the saltwater is also tears; the honey not only tastes sweet, but makes us think of sweetness; the matzo is the bread of our affliction.

There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living — cook books and detective stories.

I have always felt cookbooks were fiction and the most beautiful words in the English language were 'room service.

My cookbooks are like a personal journey for me, they're like a chapter in my life.

If you could learn how to make a perfect lemon tart then you got a story. If you don't feel like that, make a perfect chocolate chip cookie, but have five go-to dishes like that and you can move them around, change them up just a little bit, and always have something in the can.