P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

I have an obsession with hot sauce. I love Cholula. I put Cholula on everything.

I love hot sauce. It can't be hot enough for me.

I put Tabasco sauce over everything. Or I put it on pretty much anything that wouldn't taste gross - I mean, I wouldn't put it on salad, but I like it on fried chicken, nachos... a lot of stuff.

Tabasco sauce is to bachelor cooking what forgiveness is to sin.

I think Tabasco brings me pure heat and Southern kind of familiarity, along with the vinegar and the barrel-aged spices.

When I put some Tabasco on things, and there's really nothing in Tabasco, it's not bad for you in any way, so that's kind of become my substitute. Now you got to get used to a hot mouth, but that's okay.

Most people don't know that I'll eat anything spicy. A little extra kick is always a good thing!

I have a zillion bottles of hot sauce. I love Trader Joe's jalapeno. The whole right side of my fridge is filled with hot sauce.

I like growing things. I like hot food. I had time on my hands. Now I have Phil Rudd hot chilli sauce.

The turnip is a capricious vegetable, which seems reluctant to show itself at its best.

Classic Recipe for Roast Beef: 1 large Roast of beef 1 small Roast of beef Take the two roasts and put them in the oven. When the little one burns, the big one is done.

I can only cook brown rice and vegetables, so I don't get too many people coming over for dinner parties or anything.

Eating highly seasoned food is unhealthful, because it stimulates too much, provokes the appetite too much, and often is indigestible.

Cuisine has become too complicated - this is about subject, verb, adjective: duck, turnips, sauce.

I like food, I like stripping vegetables of their skins, I like to have a slim young parsnip under my knife.

Fat gives things flavor.

I chop 'em into salad and my name ain't Caesar.

Everything I do, I do on the principle of Russian borscht. You can throw everything into it beets, carrots, cabbage, onions, everything you want. What's important is the result, the taste of the borscht.

This dish ain't just called Karate Meat because it's got an Asian kick to it. It's called Karate Meat because it will beat you up like a pigeon in prison.

When you use Tabasco in the marinade, it kind of infuses everything.

I would follow my mother around the kitchen watching and trying to find any way to help. One of the first dishes my mother taught me to make was hollandaise sauce. Though she always served it with broccoli, I soon realized it was equally delicious with asparagus, artichokes, or any other vegetable.

Pray how does your asparagus perform?

When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally.

Always make stock in a large quantity and freeze it in plastic bags. That way, when you want to make a nice soup or boil veggies, you can simply pull the bag out of the freezer.

There are many miracles in the world to be celebrated and, for me, garlic is the most deserving.