Recipe Research Quotes

When I wake up, I'm like, 'I gotta go to Whole Foods.' I'm constantly reading cookbooks; I bring hardcover cookbooks with me on the plane and tag pages. I just have this crazy food obsession.

As a chef, I like to be totally prepared. I'm so big on lists. I love lists.

I tend to be a person who, when I get interested in something, I get obsessed by it... What happens to me is that I will fall in love with a particular ingredient or a particular dish... Once I make the decision that something has intrigued me enough to draw me in, there is no end to it.

I've always been a great collector and lover of cookbooks.

Every three months, I'll say, 'Honey, I think I should learn how to cook'.

My office in New York is overflowing with all kinds of cookbooks, and in New Orleans we have a huge culinary library. So yeah, I guess I'm a little bit obsessed.

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

I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out.

When I was about nine years old, I announced to my mother that I was going to cook Thanksgiving dinner. And I went to the library and got this whole pile of books. I'd love to say it all turned out great. It didn't. But, sort of, from that point on, whenever there was serious cooking at home, I was the one who did it.

Eating is my main hobby now, and most of what I do on the weekend revolves around that.

My daughters think I am a terrible cook, but I try really hard. I would really like to be a better cook.

Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I can't ask one chef - I have to ask six.