Our big problem is that high-calorie, special-occasion foods like cakes, fried foods, etc. have become so cheap and easy that we eat them every day. Make them special again by cooking them yourself. You won't do it every day, I promise.

I like cooking.

The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.

I used to play hooky from school so I could watch cooking shows.

My cooking is very simple, so I don't really use machines at all. A knife, cutting board, frying pan and strainer are my essentials.

Yes, I remember as a child, I would potter around my mother in the kitchen and want to participate in everything she was doing. I have learnt most of my cooking from her. I also used to irritate her with a lot of questions.

Cooking and film are completely different - but I'd rather stay in the kitchen than be in movies.

I always did the cooking at home, and we always tried for balance. We've been vigilant about how and what our kids eat. For example, my son would just as soon go for the grapes as he would the chips... and the chips are baked.

When anybody is just starting the process of cooking, I always say it takes practice, and nobody got to be a great cook on their first try.

Once I tune in to the fact that my family receives my cooking for them as an act of love - that it's actually something that makes them feel cared for - it shifts my entire perspective.

Confit is not something that comes to mind for summer. Usually it means duck confit, made by cooking the legs and thighs in duck fat to preserve them for winter.

Summer chutneys, to me, are those that are light and usually involve almost no cooking.

My cooking philosophy, what I try to do, is to make a cuisine where the produce and the product shines, compared to some current trends that are maybe more adding additional things, like molecular cuisine, with a lot of additives and chemicals, which are now showing that they could be bad for your health.

For me cooking is a pleasure, it's a relaxing thing.

I love cooking. I love having friends around.

I like the creativity of planning a party, or cooking and taking care of people, creating a memorable meal or event.

I have a glass of wine. Red. Generally when I'm cooking.

It was through cooking food and sharing it with each other that our ancestors learned how to become social animals.

I learned to cook from my mom. Most of what I ate growing up was Italian cooking.

Here's the thing, I've been cooking more and more and I'm pretty good; the problem is I can only go out to restaurants that cook better than I do, therefore, it's expensive.