Kitchen Tips Quotes

Do not taste food while you're cooking. You may lose your nerve to serve it.

Cooking Tip: Wrap turkey leftovers in aluminum foil and throw them out.

if you make waffles, throw out the first one.

If you are buying a larger turkey than usual, make sure it will fit in the oven.

I've been doing the 'Mexican Made Easy' show, and it's very heavy on instructions. It's me talking to the camera.

I want to bring things up to room temperature, especially poultry, before I cook it because I want it to cook faster so that there's less moisture loss.

I taped my first series for PBS in 1982 at WJCT-TV in Jacksonville, Florida. The show, called 'Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pepin,' was about saving time and money in the kitchen - and it was a celebration of simple and unpretentious food.

The only time I really go on the Internet is for recipes.

Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters.

Never be tempted by water. The water tap should be sealed at lunchtime. If, for example, a sauce goes wrong, adding water doesn't help at all; one only achieves a taste of dishwater.

Make your refrigerator or freezer like a treasure chest.

You know, [skin] happens at the gravy boat stage - right? - or this happens when you're trying to keep it warm. So the way that I avoid this is I keep my gravy - the second it's done, I put it in a thermos, which will keep it hot and will prevent air from getting to the surface. And I keep it there till the last moment. The last thing that goes out to the table is the gravy, and I pour it out of the thermos and immediately move it in.