Quotations About Cooking

Here are some fun and provocative quotations I found about cooking:

“There is one thing more exasperating than a spouse who can cook and won't, and that's a spouse who can't cook and will.”
--Anonymous

“Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.”
--Craig Claiborne

“Please understand the reason why Chinese vegetables taste so good. It is simple. The Chinese do not cook them, they just threaten them!”
--Jeff Smith

“Good painting is like good cooking: it can be tasted, but not explained.”
--Anonymous

“The best sauce is cooked in an old pan.”
--African Proverb

“I'm not saying my wife's a bad cook, but she uses a smoke alarm as a timer.”
--Bob Monkhouse

“Cooking is like making love, you do it well, or you do not do it at all.”
--Harriet van Horne

“Try to cook so that it will surprise a little, agreeably and astonish slightly, without shocking.”
--Jean Marie Arnat