Cooking as Therapy Quotes

Whenever I am stressed, I cook a good meal for my wife. Many people don't know this, but I'm actually a great cook.

My mom's always been a good cook, so I took a lot of stuff from her, but most of the stuff I took from Emeril or Bobby Flay right off the TV and make it. I just loved to cook, so it just became a thing. It's a release. Even if I'm alone, I'll cook a full meal, maybe even a two-course meal, just because I love to cook. It's my secret love!

If there's friends around, I'll cook. Or if I have a girlfriend. But on my own I kind of fell out of the habit of it, and it's a shame really because I know it's good for me. It's something quite therapeutic.

I'm not sure I'm a good cook. But I like cooking, and it's a real family thing - an expression of love being together.

My parents were artists, so my salvation was to make pretty things - and ultimately delicious things at the same time.

I'm not cooking every day anymore, and that's the biggest withdrawal. Cooking is honest work. Now I don't know how to measure myself.

I'm actually a very shy person, which is why I always chose to be in the kitchen. You can make people happy and entertain them, without really being there. You can make a very short appearance and then say, 'I've got something on the stove, gotta go!'

When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased.

One of the most meditative times of my day is when I'm cooking.