Cooking Mastery Quotes

Eating is the secret to good cooking.

There are very few chefs both in Britain and the States that really identify the secret of being consistent. And combine consistency with flavor.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking... doesn't mean it has to be fancy cooking, although it can be as elaborate as you wish.

I'm a beast in the kitchen.

The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which only good things can be said.

One of the reasons I'm called 'Demon Chef' is because in Hong Kong, people were calling me God chef, and I right away took away that term because calling yourself God is blasphemous.

In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight.

When you become a good cook, you become a good craftsman, first. You repeat and repeat and repeat until your hands know how to move without thinking about it.

At the root of many a woman's failure to become a great cook lies her failure to develop a workmanlike regard for knives.

I always thought the name of my first book would be 'The Insecure Chef,' because when I started cooking, I was so nervous.

It's all about technique. Rotisserie sounds simple, but to really do it the right way is important so you can get really great products and let them stand on their own.

I'm terrible in the kitchen. I was mostly raised by my mother and she could cook, so I never perfected that skill. If I had to count on my own cooking to survive, I'd probably be thinner.

Once you understand the foundations of cooking - whatever kind you like, whether it's French or Italian or Japanese - you really don't need a cookbook anymore.

Chef Michel Richard is always at the top of his game.

I can cook really complicated recipes, but it takes a real talent to do the perfect egg.

I'm pretty handy in the kitchen. But my wife's the real genius.

Most cooks try to learn by making dishes. Doesn't mean you can cook. It means you can make that dish. When you can cook is when you can go to a farmers market, buy a bunch of stuff, then go home and make something without looking at a recipe. Now you're cooking.

I've made a few nice dishes in my time, but this must be the best I've ever made.

You're getting to know who the great chefs are through their books.